Sekirov Dictionary

forbidding

UK /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/US /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
- What cause, cry’d he, can justify our flight, To tempt the dangers of forbidding night? — 1726

noun1

•
The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
- But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him — 1594

forms

forbiddings · more forbidding · most forbidding

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