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English Dictionary: forbidding	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for forbidding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forbidding adj harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie Synonym(s): dour, forbidding, grim threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" Synonym(s): baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening n an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbid \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p. {Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbidding}.] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe[a2]dan; pref. for- + be[a2]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel., fyrirbj[omac][edh]a, forbo[edh]a, Sw. f[94]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See {Bid}, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak. 2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak. 3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden. 4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.] He shall live a man forbid. --Shak. 5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews. Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold; restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbidding \Forbid"ding\, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding* aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {Forbid"dingly}, adv. -- {Forbid"dingness}, n.