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Showing words for FORBIDDING using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Forbidding

forbidding

8 Letter Words for Forbidding

brodding

7 Letter Words for Forbidding

bidding, biforin, birddog, birding, briding, fibroid, fibroin, fidding, figbird, fording, gordiid, ridding, rodding

6 Letter Words for Forbidding

biding, boding, boigid, boring, brigid, dirigo, fibrin, fiorin, firing, forbid, fordid, frigid, gdinfo, gobiid, idigbo, indigo, nigori, obiing, orbing, origin, riding, robing, roddin, roding

5 Letter Words for Forbidding

bidon, bidri, bifid, bindi, bingo, boing, borid, bring, broid, brond, dingo, doing, droid, fgrid, fibro, frond, giron, gondi, gonid, gonif, grind, groin, grond, idion, indri, inorb, inorg, iodid, iodin, irido, iring, nidor, noddi, oribi, rigid, robin

4 Letter Words for Forbidding

bidi, bind, bing, bino, biod, biog, bion, bird, biri, birn, biro, boid, bond, bong, bord, borg, bori, born, brid, brig, brin, brio, brod, brog, dbrn, didn, dido, ding, dino, dird, dong, doni, dorn, drib, drof, fido, figo, find, fini, fino, firn, foid, foin, fond, forb, ford, frib, frig, frog, gird, giri, girn, giro, gobi, gond, gorb, grid, grin, ibid, ibrd, inbd, info, ingo, inro, irid, iron, nidi, niog, nodi, noir, nori, odin, ordn, orig, rind, ring, rodd, roid, roin, rond, rong

3 Letter Words for Forbidding

bid, big, bin, bio, bnf, bod, bog, bon, bor, bro, dib, did, dif, dig, din, dir, dob, dod, dog, don, dor, fbi, fdr, fgn, fib, fid, fig, fin, fir, fob, fod, fog, fon, for, frg, fri, fro, gib, gid, gif, gin, gio, gob, god, goi, gon, gor, grf, gro, ido, ign, ind, inf, ing, iof, ion, nbg, nib, nid, nig, nob, nod, nog, nor, obi, odd, oii, oni, orb, ord, orf, org, rbi, rfb, rib, rid, rif, rig, rin, rio, rnd, rob, rod, rog, roi, ron

Definitions for Forbidding

[1] grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
[2] dangerous; threatening: forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs.
[3] to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
[4] to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking.
[5] to hinder or prevent; make impossible.
[6] to exclude; bar: Burlesque is forbidden in many cities.
[7] hostile or unfriendly
[8] dangerous or ominous
[9] to prohibit (a person) in a forceful or authoritative manner (from doing something or having something)
[10] to make impossible; hinder
[11] to shut out or exclude
[12] God forbid! may it not happen

Words related to Forbidding

sinister, threatening, menacing, frightening, grim, off-putting, tough, hostile, foreboding, offensive, repellent, glowering, abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, odious, repulsive, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly

Words nearby Forbidding

forbidden, forbidden band, forbidden city, forbidden fruit, forbidden transition, forbidding, forbore, forborne, forbush decrease, forby, force

Origin of Forbidding

before 1000; Middle English forbeden, Old English forbēodan. See for-, bid1

Words that may be confused with Forbidding

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, forbidforbade, forbid, forbidden, forebode, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Forbidding

for·bid·ding·ly , adverb
for·bid·ding·ness , noun
un·for·bid·ding , adjective
for·bid·der , noun

Word origin for Forbidding

Old English forbēodan ; related to Old High German farbiotan , Gothic faurbiudan ; see for- , bid

Synonyms for Forbidding

frightening, grim, menacing, off-putting, sinister, threatening, foreboding, glowering, hostile, offensive, repellent, tough, abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, odious, repulsive, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly, unpleasant