Synonyms for forbidding
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fer-bid-ing, fawr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : fərˈbɪd ɪŋ, fɔr- |
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Définition of forbidding
Origin :- "uninviting," 1712, present participle adjective from forbid. Related: Forbiddingly; forbiddingness.
- adj ominous, daunting
- 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
Antonyms for forbidding
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