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Adjective forbidding has 2 senses
- dour, forbidding, grim - 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"- J.M.Barrie
Antonym: pleasant (indirect, via unpleasant)
- baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly - 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"
Antonym: unalarming (indirect, via alarming)
Noun forbidding has 1 sense
- ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding - an official prohibition or edict against something
--1 is a kind of prohibition
--1 has particulars: test ban
Verb forbid has 2 senses
- forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
--1 is one way to command, require, compel
Antonyms: permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue forbid the movie
- prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid - keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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