• Forbidding

    Full definition of forbidding

    Adjective

    forbidding

    1. highly unpleasant or disagreeable
    2. threatening or menacing

    Verb

    forbidding
    1. Present participle of forbid

    Noun

    forbidding

    (plural forbiddings)
    1. The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
      • William ShakespeareBut all these poor forbiddings could not stay him.
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