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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024for•bid•ding /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ, fɔr-/USA pronunciation adj. - grim;
threatening:a forbidding frown.
for•bid•ding•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024for•bid•ding (fər bid′ing, fôr-),USA pronunciation adj. - grim;
unfriendly;
hostile;
sinister:his forbidding countenance. - dangerous;
threatening:forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs.
for•bid′ding•ly, adv. for•bid′ding•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: forbidding /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/ adj - hostile or unfriendly
- dangerous or ominous
for•bid /fɚˈbɪd, fɔr-/USA pronunciation v., -bade or -bad or -bid, -bid•den or -bid, -bid•ding. - to command (a person) not to do something: [~ + object + object]I forbid you entry to this house.[~ + object + to + verb]forbade me to see him again.
- to prohibit (something):[~ + object]to forbid smoking in public places.
- to prevent:[~ + object]Loyalty forbids any further comment.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024for•bid (fər bid′, fôr-),USA pronunciation v.t., -bade or -bad or -bid, -bid•den or -bid, -bid•ding. - to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place:to forbid him entry to the house.
- to prohibit (something);
make a rule or law against:to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking. - to hinder or prevent;
make impossible. - to exclude;
bar:Burlesque is forbidden in many cities.
- Middle English forbeden, Old English forbēodan. See for-, bid1 bef. 1000
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged interdict. Forbid, inhibit, prohibit, taboo indicate a command to refrain from some action. Forbid, a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort:I forbid you to go. It was useless to forbid children to play in the park.Inhibit implies a checking or hindering of impulses by the mind, sometimes involuntarily:to inhibit one's desires; His responsiveness was inhibited by extreme shyness.Prohibit, a formal or legal word, means usually to forbid by official edict, enactment, or the like:to prohibit the sale of liquor.Taboo, primarily associated with primitive superstition, means to prohibit by common disapproval and by social custom:to taboo a subject in polite conversation.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged preclude, stop, obviate, deter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: forbid /fəˈbɪd/ vb ( -bids, -bidding, -bade, -bad, -bidden, -bid)(transitive)- to prohibit (a person) in a forceful or authoritative manner (from doing something or having something)
- to make impossible; hinder
- to shut out or exclude
Etymology: Old English forbēodan; related to Old High German farbiotan, Gothic faurbiudan; see for-, bidforˈbidder n |