forbidding
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ɪŋ, fɔr- adjective
1.
grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
2.
dangerous; threatening: forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs.
Related forms
for·bid·ding·ly, adverb
for·bid·ding·ness, noun
un·for·bid·ding, adjective
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verb (used with object), for·bade or for·bad or for·bid, for·bid·den or for·bid, for·bid·ding.
1.
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
2.
to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking.
3.
to hinder or prevent; make impossible.
4.
to exclude; bar: Burlesque is forbidden in many cities.
Related forms
for·bid·der, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. interdict. Forbid, inhibit, prohibit, taboo indicate a command to refrain from some action. Forbid a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort: I forbid you to go. It was useless to forbid children to play in the park. Inhibit implies a checking or hindering of impulses by the mind, sometimes involuntarily: to inhibit one's desires; His responsiveness was inhibited by extreme shyness. Prohibit a formal or legal word, means usually to forbid by official edict, enactment, or the like: to prohibit the sale of liquor. Taboo primarily associated with primitive superstition, means to prohibit by common disapproval and by social custom: to taboo a subject in polite conversation. 3. preclude, stop, obviate, deter.
1, 2. interdict. Forbid, inhibit, prohibit, taboo indicate a command to refrain from some action. Forbid a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort: I forbid you to go. It was useless to forbid children to play in the park. Inhibit implies a checking or hindering of impulses by the mind, sometimes involuntarily: to inhibit one's desires; His responsiveness was inhibited by extreme shyness. Prohibit a formal or legal word, means usually to forbid by official edict, enactment, or the like: to prohibit the sale of liquor. Taboo primarily associated with primitive superstition, means to prohibit by common disapproval and by social custom: to taboo a subject in polite conversation. 3. preclude, stop, obviate, deter.
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| —vb , -bids, -bidding, -bade, -bad, -bidden, -bid | |
| 1. | to prohibit (a person) in a forceful or authoritative manner (from doing something or having something) |
| 2. | to make impossible; hinder |
| 3. | to shut out or exclude |
| 4. | God forbid! may it not happen |
| [Old English forbēodan; related to Old High German farbiotan, Gothic faurbiudan; see | |
| for'biddance | |
| —n | |
| for'bidder | |
| —n | |
| forbidding (fəˈbɪdɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | hostile or unfriendly |
| 2. | dangerous or ominous |
| for'biddingly | |
| —adv | |
| for'biddingness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
forbid
O.E. forbeodan, from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid). Common Gmc. compound (cf. Du. verbieden, O.H.G. farbiotan, Ger. verbieten, Goth. faurbiudan). Related: Forbade; forbidden. Forbidding "uninviting" first recorded 1712.
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Example sentences
There's the problem of trying to infiltrate a culture, or a subculture, that is closed and kind of forbidding.
They are reacting to the onslaught of change by hardening, by forbidding and enforcing, thus excluding more and more.
Yet the climate for private investment is forbidding.
In one sense, that job looks less forbidding than the sound and fury suggests.
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