Word relationships
Synonyms
baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
Local English word record
forbidding
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Practice this wordExamples
- a baleful look
- forbidding thunderclouds
- his tone became menacing
- ominous rumblings of discontent
- sinister storm clouds
Source and method
This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.