Synonyms for forbidding

Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb forbid

Sense 1:

forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
command, require

Sense 2:

prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid

Similarity of adj forbidding

2 senses of forbidding

Sense 1:

dour, forbidding, grim
unpleasant (vs. pleasant)

Sense 2:

baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
alarming (vs. unalarming)