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

1. present participle. of Forbid
2. adjective. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
3. noun. an official prohibition or edict against something

   Synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance

4. adjective. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

   "a baleful look"

   "forbidding thunderclouds"

   Synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

5. adjective. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance- J.M.Barrie

   "a dour, self-sacrificing life"

   "a forbidding scowl"

   Synonyms: dour, grim

Synonyms

ban, banning, forbiddance, baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, dour, grim

Common word forms

forbiddingly, forbiddingness

Words from these letters

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