1. (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something

• ban
• banning
• forbiddance

2. (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• dour
• grim

3. (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• baleful
• menacing
• minacious
• minatory
• ominous
• sinister
• threatening

1. (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• unpleasant

2. (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• alarming

1. (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something

• prohibition

1. (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something

• test ban

1. (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something

• ban
• ban
• censor
• disallow
• disallow
• forbid
• forbid
• interdict
• interdict
• nix
• nix
• prohibit
• prohibit
• proscribe
• proscribe
• veto
• veto

2. (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• ghastliness
• grimness
• gruesomeness
• luridness

3. (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• balefulness
• maleficence
• mischief
• omen
• portent
• presage
• prodigy
• prognostic
• prognostication