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- Dictionaryfor·bid·ding/fərˈbidiNG/
adjective
- 1. unfriendly or threatening in appearance: "a grim and forbidding building" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of FORBIDDING is such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible. How to use forbidding in a sentence.
unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful: a forbidding row of security guards. With storm clouds rushing over them, the mountains looked dark and forbidding. Synonym. menacing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly. abruptness. aloof. estrangement from someone. flintily.
Forbidding definition: grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister. See examples of FORBIDDING used in a sentence.
noun. an official prohibition or edict against something. synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance. see more. adjective. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. “ forbidding thunderclouds” synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening. alarming. frightening because of an awareness of danger.
forbidding. (fəʳbɪdɪŋ ) adjective. If you describe a person, place, or thing as forbidding, you mean they have a severe, unfriendly, or threatening appearance. There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face. ...a huge, forbidding building. Synonyms: threatening, severe, frightening, hostile More Synonyms of forbidding.
adjective. us / fɚˈbɪd.ɪŋ / uk / fəˈbɪd.ɪŋ / Add to word list. unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful: a forbidding row of security guards. With storm clouds rushing over them, the mountains looked dark and forbidding. Synonym. menacing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly.
Definition of forbidding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
