Forbidding and Provocative

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Forbidding adjective - Causing fear.

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Provocative is an antonym for forbidding.

Provocative adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.

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Forbidding is an antonym for provocative.

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Provocative and Forbidding. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forbidding/provocative

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