The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STERN , but the solution may also be GRIM which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Forbidding crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STERN | 31 % | 5 |
| GRIM | 27 % | 4 |
| DOUR | 20 % | 4 |
| AUSTERE | 8 % | 7 |
| ICY | 3 % | 3 |
| INHIBITIVE | 1 % | 10 |
| REPELLENT | 1 % | 9 |
| BANNING | 1 % | 7 |
| DARK | 1 % | 4 |
| GRISLY | 1 % | 6 |
| OMINOUS | 1 % | 7 |
| SEVERE | 1 % | 6 |
| PROHIPPOTORY | 1 % | 12 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Forbidding
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- forbiddance
- banning
- sinister
- minacious
- menacing
- threatening
- minatory
- ugly
- dour
- ban
- alarming
- grim
Crossword Answer definitions
STERN adjective- Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- Grim and forbidding in appearance.
- The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
- The post of management or direction.
- The hinder part of anything.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- A bird, the black tern.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STERN
- Isaac or Howard
- Strict
- Violinist Isaac
- Austere
- Imus' rival
- "Private Parts" author
- Exacting
- "Miss America" author
- Author of "Private Parts"
- Like some warnings
More clues leading to the result GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook
More clues leading to the result DOUR
- Forbidding
- Saturnine
- Silently ill-humored
- Not elated
- Sullen
- Gloomy or forbidding
- Gloomy
- Gloomy or stern
- Far from cheerful
- No fun to be around
More clues leading to the result AUSTERE
- Astringent
- Self-disciplined
- Hardly lavish
- Strait-laced
- Forbidding
- Spartan
- Like Spartan living
- Stark
- Unadorned
- Like monastic life
More clues leading to the result ICY
- In need of sanding
- Frigid
- Numbing
- Arctic, as a wind
- Like some wintery streets
- Aloof
- Distant
- Hardly approachable
- Like some stares
- Rather unfriendly
More clues leading to the result INHIBITIVE
More clues leading to the result REPELLENT
- Loathsome
- Debugging device?
- Adjective associated with raincoats.
- Rainproof.
- Causing aversion.
- Forbidding
- Bug spray
- Like a flea collar
More clues leading to the result BANNING
More clues leading to the result DARK
- Gloomy
- "____ Shadows"
- Pitch black
- Like film noir
- Unlit
- Chiaroscuro factor
- After sundown
- In shadow
- Foreboding
- Shadowy
More clues leading to the result GRISLY
- Like a horror show
- Shockingly repellent
- Frightful
- Like King's tales
- Appalling
- Harsh and forbidding.
- Forbidding
- Like a horror story
- Horrible
- Inspiring intense fear
More clues leading to the result OMINOUS
- Menacing
- Sinister
- Forbidding
- Foreboding
- Inauspicious
- Like dark clouds
- Worrisome
- Threatening
- Portending harm
- Appearing threatening
More clues leading to the result SEVERE
- Extreme
- Like many reprimands
- Exacting
- Harsh
- Grave
- Draconian
- Dire
- Like some thunderstorms
- Like some winter weather
- in the extreme