Forbidding definition

fər-bĭdĭng, fôr-
Looking dangerous, threatening, or disagreeable; repellent.
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Having a menacing aspect.

Forbidding thunderclouds.

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Unpleasant; disagreeable.

A forbidding scowl.

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Tending or threatening to impede progress.

Forbidding rapids.

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Present participle of forbid.
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The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
forbidding
Plural:
forbiddings

Forbidding Sentence Examples

  • She opened her eyes, forbidding herself from screaming as the pavement below grew closer.

  • The harsh treatment of the Hanoverian demands was inspired by him, and won favour with the queen, while Oxford's influence declined; and by his support of the Schism Bill in May 1714, a violent Tory measure forbidding all education by dissenters by making an episcopal licence obligatory for schoolmasters, he probably intended to compel Oxford to give up the game.

  • In 16J3 the town was nearly destroyed by fire, and it again suffered in 1679 and 1690; after which an act was passed forbidding the use of thatch.

  • On Easter Sunday the queen ventured to display her personal preference for the Protestant conception of the eucharist by forbidding the celebrant in her chapel to elevate the host.

  • Next year he persuaded the magistracy to issue an order forbidding Regius to travel beyond the received doctrine.

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