Forbidding - Crossword Clue

Q: What's the best solution for Forbidding?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Forbidding is ICY. Other possible answers include DOUR, GRIM, OMINOUS, SEVERE, STERN.

Q: How many solutions are there for Forbidding?

We have found 6 possible answers for the crossword clue Forbidding.

Q: Which crosswords feature clues like Forbidding?

Clues like Forbidding often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Times Quick Cryptic, The i Paper, The Observer Azed, The Times Specialist, The Guardian Quick, among others.

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 25/04/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Forbidding.

4 letter answer(s) to forbidding

DOUR

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
showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
Sullen

GRIM

causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
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

3 letter answer(s) to forbidding

ICY

Aloof
covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters"
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice; "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"

7 letter answer(s) to forbidding

OMINOUS

presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

6 letter answer(s) to forbidding

SEVERE

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;
severely simple;
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;
very bad in degree or extent;
very strong or vigorous;

5 letter answer(s) to forbidding

STERN

Daniel Stern was the nom de plume of Marie Catherine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (née de Flavigny; 31 December 1805 – 5 March 1876).
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
severely simple;
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
the rear part of a ship
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

Frequently asked questions about ‘Forbidding’

What's the best solution for Forbidding?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Forbidding is ICY. Other possible answers include DOUR, GRIM, OMINOUS, SEVERE, STERN.

How many solutions are there for Forbidding?

We have found 6 possible answers for the crossword clue Forbidding.

Which crosswords feature clues like Forbidding?

Clues like Forbidding often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Times Quick Cryptic, The i Paper, The Observer Azed, The Times Specialist, The Guardian Quick, among others.

Clue	Answers
Gloomy	19
Back	15
Rear	14
Distant	12
Harsh	10
Unpleasant	10
Dreadful	9
Unbending	9
Severe	8
Dismal	7
Firm	7
Ghastly	7
Unfriendly	7
Very bad	7
Acute	6
Grave	6
Slick	6
Slippery	6
Uncompromising	6
Demanding	5
Freezing	5
Frigid	5
Stern	5
Very cold	5
Aloof	4
Austere	4
Foreboding	4
Glum	4
Grim	4
Bitterly cold	3
Dour	3
Frosty	3
GRUMPY	3
Menacing	3
Moody	3
Morose	3
Saturnine	3
Standoffish	3
Sullen	3
Threatening	3
Wintry	3
Back at sea?	2
Back of a boat	2
Bleak	2
Draconian	2
Exacting	2
Inauspicious	2
Like some stares	2
Portending evil	2
Somber	2

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