What does forbidding mean?

Definitions for forbidding
fərˈbɪd ɪŋ, fɔr-for·bid·ding

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ban, banning, forbiddance, forbiddingadjective

    an official prohibition or edict against something

  2. dour, forbidding, grimadjective

    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

  3. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threateningadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. forbiddingadjective

    highly unpleasant or disagreeable

  2. forbiddingadjective

    threatening or menacing

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Forbiddingparticipial adj.

    Raising abhorrence; repelling approach; causing aversion.

    Etymology: from forbid.

    Tragedy was made forbidding and horrible. Aaron Hill.

ChatGPT

  1. forbidding

    Forbidding generally refers to the act of prohibiting, disallowing, or denying permission for something to happen or someone to do something. It can also describe a state or a situation that is scary or intimidating due to its severity or daunting prospects.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Forbidding

    of Forbid

  2. Forbiddingadjective

    repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of forbidding in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of forbidding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of forbidding in a Sentence

  1. Jeremy Dys:

    Whether a student is being patriotic or engaging in religious speech, there is no law in this country forbidding a student from telling his or her classmates, ‘God bless America’ and it is illegal for a school to censor a student for doing so.

  2. Stephen Diehl:

    We're not 'banning' or 'forbidding' anything. We've simply made a decision to stop selling these products in our own stores. Students — or faculty or staff for that matter — are still free to drink these beverages if they wish, and there are plenty of places in our town where they can be purchased. We just don't want to encourage or contribute to their consumption.

  3. Angelique Delahaye:

    The agricultural sector depends highly on it and it is absolutely necessary to find solutions to replace it before totally forbidding it.

  4. Cathryn Oakley:

    These are people who are old enough to enlist in the military, buy guns, buy alcohol, buy tobacco, get married, do a variety of other things that we leave to adults to do, and yet we would be forbidding them from being able to receive gender affirming care, as if that is in some way a more permanent decision.

  5. Mark Rappolt:

    It's a departure from the sort of very forbidding gallery that we're used to.

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