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forbidding

[ fer-bid-ing, fawr- ]

adjective

  1. grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister:

    his forbidding countenance.

  2. dangerous; threatening:

    forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs.



forbidding

/ ´Úəˈ²úɪ»åɪŋ /

adjective

  1. hostile or unfriendly
  2. dangerous or ominous
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Derived Forms

  • ´Ú´Ç°ùˈ²ú¾±»å»å¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
  • ´Ú´Ç°ùˈ²ú¾±»å»å¾±²Ô²µ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ´Ú´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd¾±²Ô²µÂ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ôî€Ð­´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd¾±²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of forbidding1

First recorded in 1710–15; forbid + -ing 2
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The PhD candidate was moved from Massachusetts to the southern state despite a judge's order forbidding her rendition.

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Lesotho is completely encircled by South Africa, but separated by the forbidding mountain ranges.

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Of course, the biggest of the lessons learned should have been to honor the laws, both domestic and international, forbidding torture.

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Moreover, the judges noted, forbidding the use of chemicals that carry a minute risk of cancer might prompt manufacturers to use compounds that are more toxic, albeit in noncancerous ways.

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Greenland’s forbidding environment, at the outermost boundary of the European and North American world, have long made it one of the strangest places on earth.

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