forbidding

Meanings

• an official prohibition or edict against something
• command against;
• keep from happening or arising; make impossible;
• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; - J.M.Barrie
• "a forbidding scowl"
• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
• "forbidding thunderclouds"

Synonyms

• ban
• banning
• forbiddance
• forbid
• prohibit
• interdict
• proscribe
• veto
• disallow
• nix
• prevent
• forestall
• foreclose
• preclude
• dour
• grim
• baleful
• menacing
• minacious
• minatory
• ominous
• sinister
• threatening

Scrabble Score: 18

forbidding is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

forbidding is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

forbidding is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

forbidding is a valid Words With Friends word

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