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Meaning of forbidding


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]


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