Dictionary Entry
forbidding
forbidding is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Forbid. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Forbid
- 2adjective
Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
- 3noun
an official prohibition or edict against something
Synonyms
- 4adjective
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
"a baleful look"
"forbidding thunderclouds"
- 5adjective
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance- J.M.Barrie
"a dour, self-sacrificing life"
"a forbidding scowl"
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