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Definitions for Forbidding
[1] grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
[2] dangerous; threatening: forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs.
[3] to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
[4] to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking.
[5] to hinder or prevent; make impossible.
[6] to exclude; bar: Burlesque is forbidden in many cities.
[7] hostile or unfriendly
[8] dangerous or ominous
[9] to prohibit (a person) in a forceful or authoritative manner (from doing something or having something)
[10] to make impossible; hinder
[11] to shut out or exclude
[12] God forbid! may it not happen
Words related to Forbidding
sinister, threatening, menacing, frightening, grim, off-putting, tough, hostile, foreboding, offensive, repellent, glowering, abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, odious, repulsive, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly
Words nearby Forbidding
forbidden, forbidden band, forbidden city, forbidden fruit, forbidden transition, forbidding, forbore, forborne, forbush decrease, forby, force
Origin of Forbidding
before 1000; Middle English forbeden, Old English forbēodan. See for-, bid1
Words that may be confused with Forbidding
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, forbidforbade, forbid, forbidden, forebode, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Forbidding
for·bid·ding·ly , adverb
for·bid·ding·ness , noun
un·for·bid·ding , adjective
for·bid·der , noun
Word origin for Forbidding
Old English forbēodan ; related to Old High German farbiotan , Gothic faurbiudan ; see for- , bid
Synonyms for Forbidding
frightening, grim, menacing, off-putting, sinister, threatening, foreboding, glowering, hostile, offensive, repellent, tough, abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, odious, repulsive, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly, unpleasant