forbiddingly

fərˈbɪdɪŋli
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Translation of forbiddingly from English into Dutch

Adverb

threatening manner

Rare
in a way that seems threatening or unwelcoming
Rare
  • She looked at him forbiddingly, and he stopped talking.Ze keek hem dreigend aan, en hij hield op met praten.

Synonyms and analogies of forbiddingly in English

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Examples of forbiddingly in a sentence

  • The mountain rose forbiddingly above the village.

forbiddingly: Examples and translations in context

It's forbiddingly desolate, and inhospitable.

Het is afschrikwekkend, desolaat en onherbergzaam.

It was so forbiddingly beautiful that I wished for nothing else.

Het verbodene smaakte zo heerlijk dat al de rest me kon gestolen worden.

It's forbiddingly desolate, and inhospitable.

Het is afschrikwekkend, desolaat en onherbergzaam.

It must be really forbiddenly expensive to make nice roadsigns.

Het moet echt wel ondragelijk duur zijn om mooie verkeersborden te laten maken.

At a given moment, we found out about a terrible situation, when a group of young people from Isfahan were punished for dancing forbiddenly close, a few centimetres from each other.

Op een gegeven moment hoorden we van een verschrikkelijke situatie, toen een groep jongeren uit Isfahan werd gestraft omdat ze dichterbij elkaar dansten dan was toegestaan, op een paar centimeter afstand.

A forbidding silence filled the room just before the storm broke.

Een dreigende stilte vulde de kamer vlak voordat de storm losbarstte.

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