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Definition of Forbidding

1. Adjective. Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance. "Undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"

2. Noun. An official prohibition or edict against something.

3. Adjective. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. "The situation became ugly"

Definition of Forbidding

1. a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Definition of Forbidding

1. Adjective. highly unpleasant or disagreeable ¹

2. Adjective. threatening or menacing ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of forbid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forbidding

1. forbid [v] - See also: forbid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbidding

forbears forbeat forbid forbidal forbidals forbiddance forbiddances forbidden forbidden fruit forbidden fruit is the sweetest

forbiddenly forbidder forbidders forbiddest forbiddeth forbidding forbiddingly forbids forbise forbisen

forbisens forbite forblack forbled forbod forbode forboded forboden forbodes forboding

Literary usage of Forbidding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Secularization of American Education by Samuel Windsor Brown (1912)
"CHAPTER VII LAWS Forbidding THE USE OF SECTARIAN TEXT-BOOKS Closely related to legislation forbidding the teaching of sectarian or denominational religious ..."

2. A Treatise on the Laws Regulating the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating by Henry Campbell Black (1892)
"Statute Forbidding Recovery of Possession or Value. 246. ... Laws Forbidding Credit for Liquor Sold. 25C. Note Given on Illegal Sale of Liquor is Void. 857. ..."

3. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"125; forbidding the removal of any building into or upon any of the public ... 531; forbidding the occupancy of any place on the street for a stand without ..."

4. Cyclopedia of the Law of Private Corporations by William Meade Fletcher (1919)
"Congress passed an act in 1906 forbidding common carriers to give any "free pass or free ... Statutes forbidding discrimination as retroactive. ..."

5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... the spiritual courts was forbidding soon followed by an act forbidding the payment to the pope payment of of the annates,3 or firstfruits of benefices, ..."

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