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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 |
• 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 |
• 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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