There is a very strict rule forbidding smoking in bed.
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Forbidding
/fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/
Synonyms for "forbidding" (184 found)
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17 total sentences available.
The judge was grave and forbidding.
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A triathlon is a forbidding test of endurance.
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At the end of 2012, the Belarusian president re-introduced serfdom by forbidding the workers of Borisovdrev to quit their jobs.
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