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Forbiddingness — Forbidding For*bid ding, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forbiddingness — noun see forbidding * * * forbiddˈingness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑forbid … Useful english dictionary
Grimness — Grim ness, n. [AS. grimnes.] Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forbidding — forbiddingly, adv. forbiddingness, n. /feuhr bid ing, fawr /, adj. 1. grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance. 2. dangerous; threatening: forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs. [1710 15; FORBID + ING2] * * * … Universalium
deformity — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, absurdity, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, amputee, anticness, atrophy, awfulness, bacterial disease, birth defect, birthmark, bizarreness, bizarrerie … Moby Thesaurus
forbidding — (adj.) uninviting, 1712, prp. adjective from FORBID (Cf. forbid). Related: Forbiddingly; forbiddingness … Etymology dictionary
forbidding — /fəˈbɪdɪŋ / (say fuh biding) adjective 1. causing dislike or fear: a forbidding countenance. 2. repellent; dangerous looking: forbidding cliffs; forbidding clouds. –forbiddingly, adverb –forbiddingness, noun …
