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Webster 1828 Edition


Forbidding

FORBID'DING

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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

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Noun.
Hindrance; opposition.

Definition 2024


forbidding

forbidding

English

Adjective

forbidding (comparative more forbidding, superlative most forbidding)

  1. highly unpleasant or disagreeable.
  2. threatening or menacing.

Translations

Verb

forbidding

  1. present participle of forbid

Noun

forbidding (plural forbiddings)

  1. The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
    • William Shakespeare
      But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him.