Antonyms for forbidding

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fer-bid-ing, fawr-

Phonetic Transcription : fərˈbɪd ɪŋ, fɔr-

Definition of forbidding

Origin : "uninviting," 1712, present participle adjective from forbid. Related: Forbiddingly; forbiddingness.

adj ominous, daunting

Example sentences :

He brought his huge fist down on the desk with violence, and his voice was forbidding.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

His martyrdom was continued by forbidding him all access to the healing waters.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Magua shook his head, forbidding the repetition of offers he so much despised.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

What I now wish to know is, what were your reasons for forbidding the payment of interest?
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

The temperature was deadly cold; the dull houses were rime-covered and forbidding.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

Regrets Mrs. Howe's forbidding the correspondence between them.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

And though tall and stately, my native pines are not forbidding.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

At last they ended by forbidding their children to speak to one another.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

As he drew near, his hope sank; the place looked so gloomy and forbidding.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Richling had never seen his friend in so forbidding an aspect.
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

Synonyms for forbidding

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