English to English adjective
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Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | | Example: a dour, self-sacrificing life a forbidding scowl a grim man loving duty more than humanity undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
source: wordnet30
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | | Example: a baleful look forbidding thunderclouds his tone became menacing ominous rumblings of discontent sinister storm clouds a sinister smile his threatening behavior ugly black clouds the situation became ugly
source: wordnet30 noun
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an official prohibition or edict against something | | source: wordnet30
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