There is a very strict rule forbidding smoking in bed.
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Forbidding
//fɚˈbɪdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "forbidding" (230 found)
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Adjective(25 words)
dismaldolefuldolesomedourdreardrearisomedrearydreichflint-heartedforlornfrostygaylessgloomsomegloomygraygrimhardhard-boiledhardenedhardhearted
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Noun(1 words)
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interdictiveinterdictoryintrovertedlawloathsomemalodorousmenacingmephiticmiasmalmiasmicmodestnastynauseatingno nonoisomenoxiousobjectionableobnoxiousobsceneobstruction
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odiousoffensiveoffisholympianominouspreclusivepreventativepreventionpreventiveprohibitingprohibitiveprohibitoryprophylacticproscriptionproscriptiverebarbativerefusalrejectionremoteremovedrepellentrepellingrepressedrepressionrepressiverepugnantrepulsivereservedrestrainedreticentretiringrevoltingshrinkingsickeningstandoffstandoffishstatutesternstinkingsubduedsuppressedsuppressionsuppressivetabooterribleuglyunaffableunapproachableuncongenialundemonstrativeunexpansiveunfriendlyungenialvilewithdrawnzoning
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11 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- luontaantyöntävä adj (highly unpleasant or disagreeable)
- pelottava adj (threatening or menacing)
- uhkaava adj (threatening or menacing)
German
4 entries- abstoßend adj (highly unpleasant or disagreeable)
- abweisend adj (highly unpleasant or disagreeable)
- bedrohlich adj (threatening or menacing)
- furchteinflößend adj (highly unpleasant or disagreeable)
Irish
1 entries- doicheallach adj (highly unpleasant or disagreeable)
Polish
1 entries- nieprzyjazny adj (highly unpleasant or disagreeable)
Sample sentences
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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