forbidding

forbidding
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. prohibitive; repellent, fearsome (see fear); unpleasant, abhorrent; stern, menacing; unfriendly, distant; disagreeable. See ugliness, hindrance, severity, prohibition.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Having an unfriendly appearance]
Syn. unapproachable, hostile, stern, inhospitable; see grim 1 , severe 1 .
2. [Having an ominous look]
Syn. sinister, threatening, frightening, dangerous; see dangerous 1 , 2 , ominous .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
threatening, ominous, dangerous, frightening, scary, uninviting, foreboding, sinister, disagreeable, unfriendly.
ANT.: inviting, friendly, alluring
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective So disagreeable as to discourage approach: inhospitable, unhospitable, uninviting. See WARN.

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  • forbidding — index bleak (not favorable), censorship, loathsome, lugubrious, odious, ominous, portentous (ominous) …   Law dictionary

  • forbidding — (adj.) uninviting, 1712, prp. adjective from FORBID (Cf. forbid). Related: Forbiddingly; forbiddingness …   Etymology dictionary

  • forbidding — [adj] ominous, daunting abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, foreboding, frightening, glowering, grim, hostile, menacing, odious, offensive, off putting, repellent, repulsive, sinister, threatening, tough, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly, unpleasant;… …   New thesaurus

  • forbidding — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfriendly or threatening. DERIVATIVES forbiddingly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • forbidding — [fər bid′iŋ, fôrbid′iŋ] adj. looking dangerous, threatening, or disagreeable; repellent forbiddingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Forbidding — Shannara location name=Forbidding nickname= capital= inhabitants=Demons location=an alternate dimension parallel to the Four Lands appearance= The Elfstones of Shannara , the High Druid of Shannara The Forbidding is an alternate dimension… …   Wikipedia

  • forbidding — adjective Date: 1599 1. such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible < forbidding walls > 2. disagreeable, repellent < a forbidding task > 3. grim, menacing < a dark forbidding sky > • forbiddingly adver …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • forbidding — forbiddingly, adv. forbiddingness, n. /feuhr bid ing, fawr /, adj. 1. grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance. 2. dangerous; threatening: forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs. [1710 15; FORBID + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • forbidding — for|bid|ding [fəˈbıdıŋ US fər ] adj having a frightening or unfriendly appearance forbidding place/land/landscape etc ▪ We sailed past the island s rather dark and forbidding cliffs. ▪ His face was forbidding, even hostile. >forbiddingly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • forbidding — [[t]fə(r)bɪ̱dɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED 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… …   English dictionary

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