"forbidding" in German forbidding verbietend verhindernd nicht erlaubend forbidding {adj.} Furcht einflößend bedrohlich abschreckend Detailed translations for "forbidding" forbidding forbidding(also: interdicting, banning, proscribing) verbietend forbidding(also: thwarting, averting, preventing, hindering) verhindernd forbidding nicht erlaubend forbidding{adjectiv} forbidding(also: terrifying, blood-curdling, fearsome) Furcht einflößend forbidding(also: baleful, menacing, ominous) bedrohlich{adjectiv} Looks forbidding enough, don't you think? Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review - Sieht bedrohlich genug aus, oder? forbidding(also: deterrent) abschreckend{adjectiv} English synonyms for "forbidding" forbidding {n} ban banning forbiddance forbidding {s} baleful dour grim menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister threatening