3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbidding \For*bid"ding\, a.
Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion,
or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as a
forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {For*bid"ding*ly}, adv
-- {For*bid"ding*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forbid \For*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Forbade}; p. p.
{Forbidden}({Forbid}, [Obs.]); p. pr & vb n. {Forbidding}.]
[OE. forbeden, AS forbe['o]dan; pref. for- + be['o]dan to
bid; akin to D. verbieden G. verbieten Icel.,
fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw f["o]rbjuda, Dan.
forbyde. See {Bid}, v. t.]
1. To command against, or contrary to to prohibit; to
interdict.
More than I have said . . . The leisure and
enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon
--Shak.
2. To deny, exclude from or warn off by express command; to
command not to enter
Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak.
3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual
command; as an impassable river forbids the approach of
the army.
A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden.
4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
He shall live a man forbid. --Shak.
5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.
Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withold;
restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
forbidding
adj 1: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a
dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a
grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly
the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"-
J.M.Barrie [syn: {dour}, {grim}]
2: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a
baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation
became ugly" [syn: {baleful}, {menacing}, {minacious}, {minatory},
{ominous}, {sinister}, {threatening}, {ugly}]
n : an official prohibition [syn: {ban}, {banning}, {forbiddance}]
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