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Definition of Forbidding

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

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

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. forbid [v] - See also: forbid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbidding

forbearing forbears Forbes' disease Forbes-Albright syndrome forbid forbidal forbidals forbiddance forbiddances forbidden

forbidden Forbidden City forbidden fruit forbidder forbidders forbidding (current term) forbiddingly forbids forbode forboded

forbodes forboding forbore forborne forbs forby forbye forcat forcats force

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