Search Result for "forbidding": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an official prohibition or edict against something;
[syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;
- Example: "a dour, self-sacrificing life"
- Example: "a forbidding scowl"
- Example: "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"
- Example: "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
[syn: dour, forbidding, grim]

2. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
- Example: "a baleful look"
- Example: "forbidding thunderclouds"
- Example: "his tone became menacing"
- Example: "ominous rumblings of discontent"
- Example: "sinister storm clouds"
- Example: "a sinister smile"
- Example: "his threatening behavior"
- Example: "ugly black clouds"
- Example: "the situation became ugly"
[syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), v. t. [imp. Forbade
   (f[o^]r*b[a^]d"); p. p. Forbidden (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d'n)
   (Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding
   (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d[i^]ng).] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan;
   pref. for- + be['o]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G.
   verbieten, Icel. fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw.
   f["o]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.]
   1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to
      interdict.
      [1913 Webster]

            More than I have said . . .
            The leisure and enforcement of the time
            Forbids to dwell upon.                --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to
      command not to enter.
      [1913 Webster]

            Have I not forbid her my house?       --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual
      command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of
      the army.
      [1913 Webster]

            A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            He shall live a man forbid.           --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.

   Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold;
        restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.
        [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forbidding \For*bid"ding\, a.
   Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion,
   or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a
   forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

   Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
        repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- For*bid"ding*ly, adv.
        -- For*bid"ding*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

forbidding
    adj 1: 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
           [syn: dour, forbidding, grim]
    2: 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" [syn:
       baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory,
       ominous, sinister, threatening]
    n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
         ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]