forbidding - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an official prohibition or edict against something

Synonyms

• ban
• banning
• forbiddance
• forbidding

More generic

• prohibition

More specific

• test ban

Adjective

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Synonyms

• baleful
• forbidding
• menacing
• minacious
• minatory
• ominous
• sinister
• threatening

Related

• alarming

Adjective

harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

Synonyms

• dour
• forbidding
• grim

Related

• unpleasant

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