Forbidding meaning

fər-bĭd'ĭng, fôr-
Looking dangerous, threatening, or disagreeable; repellent.
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Tending or threatening to impede progress.

Forbidding rapids.

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Unpleasant; disagreeable.

A forbidding scowl.

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Having a menacing aspect.

Forbidding thunderclouds.

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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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Forbidding Sentence Examples

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

  • the bull Execrabilis forbidding all appeals to a future council.

  • A royal decree was issued on the 10th of December 1836 forbidding the export of slaves from any Portuguese possession.

  • I know the work is hard and the weather is forbidding at times, but do you know how lucky you are?

  • The danger was felt by the university of Cambridge, which in 1674 passed a statute forbidding its preachers to read their sermons.

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