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English to English adjective
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Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30 noun
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an official prohibition or edict against something | | source: wordnet30
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