| forbidding | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding | an official prohibition or edict against something. |
| ~ prohibition | refusal to approve or assent to. |
| ~ test ban | a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons. |
| adj. | 2. dour, forbidding, grim | 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" |
| ~ unpleasant | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings.; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" |
| adj. | 3. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" |
| ~ alarming | frightening because of an awareness of danger. |
| no | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. no | a negative.; "his no was loud and clear" |
| ~ negative | a reply of denial.; "he answered in the negative" |
| n. (substance) | 2. atomic number 102, no, nobelium | a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known. |
| ~ chemical element, element | any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter. |
| adj. | 3. no | quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of.; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" |
| ~ nary | (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.; "heard nary a sound" |
| ~ none | not any.; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" |
| ~ zero | having no measurable or otherwise determinable value.; "the goal is zero population growth" |
| adv. | 4. no, no more | referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present.; "he was no heavier than a child" |
| adv. | 5. no | not in any degree or manner; not at all.; "he is no better today" |
| adv. | 6. no | used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement.; "no, you are wrong" |
| not | | |
| adv. | 1. non, not | negation of a word or group of words.; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" |
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