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单词 forbidding
释义

forbiddingn.

Brit. /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /fərˈbɪdɪŋ/, /fɔrˈbɪdɪŋ/
Etymology: see -ing suffix1.
The action of forbid v.; a prohibition.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun]
defence?c1335
forbiddingc1380
defendingc1400
prohibition1429
embarring1563
prohibiting1572
embargement1599
inhibiting1607
forbiddance1608
touch-me-not1636
forbiddal1835
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 85 Þis forbedyng is colourid by holynesse.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20527 He ete ogain mi forbidding.
a1631 J. Donne Progresse of Soule ix, in Poems (1633) 5 T'her whom the first man did wive (Whom and her race, only forbiddings drive).
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 753 But his forbidding Commends thee more. View more context for this quotation
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 142 It amounts almost to a total Forbidding.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

forbiddingadj.

Brit. /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /fərˈbɪdɪŋ/, /fɔrˈbɪdɪŋ/
Etymology: see -ing suffix2.
1. That forbids, in senses of the verb.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective]
prohibitive?a1425
inhibitory1490
negative1526
prohibitory1564
forbidding1574
inhibiting1607
countermanding1677
inhibitive1830
1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 849 Forbidding, vetans.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 475 But they Dreaded not more th' adventure then his voice Forbidding . View more context for this quotation
2. esp. That forbids, or disinclines to, a nearer approach; repellent, repulsive, uninviting:
a. chiefly of a person, his manner, looks, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective] > uninviting
untemperinga1616
forbidding1712
grim1820
the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [adjective] > that causes aversion
forbidding1712
averting1820
rebarbative1892
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 301. ¶2 That awful Cast of the Eye and forbidding Frown.
1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 3 June in Wks. (1955) VII. 294 Doors & entrances of the houses dirty and forbidding.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 199 A forbidding-looking creature.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 85 An elderly man of remarkably hard features and forbidding aspect.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 21 I do not know that I ever saw any winged creature of so forbidding an aspect.
b. of a country, sea-coast, the weather, etc.
ΚΠ
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 272 Although the land is so desart and forbidding.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxvi. 264 We saw the same forbidding wall of belt-ice.
1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 262 The coast..is exceedingly rocky and forbidding.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders II. i. 8 The morning looked forbidding enough.

Derivatives

forˈbiddingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adverb] > uninvitingly
forbiddingly1848
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [adverb] > disgustingly > repellently
repellingly1811
repellently1812
forbiddingly1848
off-puttingly1961
1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Forbiddingly.
1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) VI. vi. 75 The..Ravine..[was] forbiddingly hard to crest.
1883 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Dec. 45/1 The Beacon hills..frown forbiddingly.
forˈbiddingness n.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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