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Webster 1828 Edition
Forbidding
FORBID'DING
,ppr.
1.
Prohibiting; hindering.2.
a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion or dislike; disagreeable; as a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.FORBID'DING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
forbidding
forbidding
English
Adjective
forbidding (comparative more forbidding, superlative most forbidding)
- highly unpleasant or disagreeable.
- threatening or menacing.
Translations
highly unpleasant or disagreeable
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Verb
forbidding
- present participle of forbid
Noun
forbidding (plural forbiddings)
- The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
- William Shakespeare
- But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him.
- William Shakespeare