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forbidding(dictionary)

forbidding (iou)



forbidding adjective. L16.
[formed as FORBIDDEN + -ING2.]
That forbids. L16.
Repellent, of uninviting appearance; formidable, stern. E18.
E. K. Kane We saw the same forbidding wall of belt-ice. L. Deighton A forbidding figure: distant and cold and expert.
forbiddingly adverb M19.
forbiddingness noun M18.