forbiddingly

Adverb

Meaning

in an unpleasant or menacing manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

coolly sternly grimly disagreeably dismally horridly austerely frigidly frostily harshly threateningly bleakly unattractively gauntly minatorily

Antonyms

jauntily provocatively transparently beamingly luminously

Examples

it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

forbidder forbidding forbidding the sale of alcohol forbiddingness forbite forblack