ALL meanings of forbidding
for·bid·ding
F f - verb with object forbidding to hinder or prevent; make impossible. 1
- verb with object forbidding to exclude; bar: Burlesque is forbidden in many cities. 1
- adjective forbidding threatening, ominous 1
- noun forbidding prohibition, banning 1
- noun forbidding Unfriendly or threatening in appearance. 1
- adjective forbidding grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance. 1
- adjective forbidding dangerous; threatening: forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs. 1
- verb with object forbidding to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house. 1
- verb with object forbidding to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking. 1
- adjective forbidding If you describe a person, place, or thing as forbidding, you mean they have a severe, unfriendly, or threatening appearance. 0
- adjective forbidding hostile or unfriendly 0
- adjective forbidding dangerous or ominous 0
- adjective forbidding looking dangerous, threatening, or disagreeable; repellent 0