1. (

• ban ,
• banning ,
• forbiddance ,
• forbidding

) an official prohibition or edict against something ;

1. (

• forbid ,
• prohibit ,
• interdict ,
• proscribe ,
• veto ,
• disallow ,
• nix

) command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" ;

2. (

• prevent ,
• forestall ,
• foreclose ,
• preclude ,
• forbid ,

) keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" ;

1. (

• dour ,
• forbidding ,
• grim ,

) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie ;

2. (

• baleful ,
• forbidding ,
• menacing ,
• minacious ,
• minatory ,
• ominous ,
• sinister ,
• threatening

) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" ;