Synonyms and Antonyms of forbidding

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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'forbidding'

1. (adj) ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding
an official prohibition or edict against something
Synonyms: prohibition, forbidding, ban, forbiddance, proscription, inhibition, banning
Antonyms: unalarming, pleasant

2. (adj) dour, forbidding, grim
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Synonyms: down(p), dispirited, ominous, pertinacious, baleful, forbidding, sullen, dogged, dark, moody, disconsolate, threatening, glum, black, grisly, drear, minatory, low, unrelenting, down in the mouth, stern, blue, glowering, unappeasable, gruesome, sour, sinister, macabre, downhearted, grim, saturnine, tenacious, mordant, drab, dour, downcast, menacing, unyielding, low-spirited, relentless, unforgiving, sick, gloomy, morose, ghastly, depressed, sorry, dingy, inexorable, dreary, dismal, persistent, minacious
Antonyms: unalarming, pleasant

3. (adj) baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms: grim, inauspicious, sullen, minacious, baneful, lowering, black, baleful, dark, sinister, heavy, minatory, dour, ominous, menacing, ill, forbidding, threatening
Antonyms: pleasant, unalarming

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