prohibitive

Day 24Level 1

proh-HIB-i-tiv

restrictive

preventing the use or purchase of; restrictive; exorbitantly expensive

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

forbidding, excessive

Antonyms:

reasonable, unrestrictive

Example Sentence:

Paris expecting the traffic to be nightmarish and the cost of parking prohibitive.

Related Words

endure, remain

uh-BAHYD

to endure; to remain

hostility

aan-TIH-puh-thee

hostility; a strong feeling of dislike

contradict

bih-LYE

to give a false impression of ; to misrepresent

blunt

bruhsk

rough and abrupt in manner

frank

KAAN-did

frank; honest in speech

council

KAW-kuhs

a group of people of similar interests in an organization