Forbid \For*bid"\ (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"), v. t. [imp. Forbade
(f[o^]r*b[a^]d"); p. p. Forbidden (f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d'n)
({Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding
(f[o^]r*b[i^]d"d[i^]ng).] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbe['o]dan;
pref. for- + be['o]dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G.
verbieten, Icel. fyrirbj[=o][eth]a, forbo[eth]a, Sw.
f["o]rbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.]
1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to
interdict.
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More than I have said . . .
The leisure and enforcement of the time
Forbids to dwell upon. --Shak.
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2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to
command not to enter.
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Have I not forbid her my house? --Shak.
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3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual
command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of
the army.
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A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --Dryden.
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4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
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He shall live a man forbid. --Shak.
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5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.
Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold;
restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Forbidding \For*bid"ding\, a.
Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion,
or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a
forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
repulsive; odious; abhorrent. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
forbidding
See forbid
WordNet (r) 2.0
forbid
v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: prohibit,
interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow] [ant: permit,
permit]
2: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of
preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
[syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude]
[also: forbidding, forbidden, forbade, forbad]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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, 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, menacing, minacious, minatory,
ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly]
n : an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban,
banning, forbiddance]
WordNet (r) 2.0
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "forbidding":
Olympian, abhorrent, abominable, aloof, awful, backward, bad, base,
bashful, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blank, chilled,
chilly, cold, constrained, contemptible, cool, crude, dangerous,
despicable, detached, deterrent, deterring, detestable,
discouraging, discreet, disgusting, distant, dreadful, exclusive,
execrable, expressionless, fetid, forestalling, foul, frightful,
frigid, frosty, fulsome, ghastly, grisly, gross, gruesome, guarded,
harsh, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, hostile, icy,
ignoble, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, inhibitive,
inhibitory, interdictive, interdictory, introverted, loathsome,
malodorous, menacing, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, modest, nasty,
nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene,
odious, offensive, offish, ominous, preclusive, preventative,
preventive, prohibiting, prohibitive, prohibitory, prophylactic,
proscriptive, rebarbative, remote, removed, repellent, repelling,
repressed, repressive, repugnant, repulsive, reserved, restrained,
reticent, retiring, revolting, shrinking, sickening, standoff,
standoffish, stern, stinking, subdued, suppressed, suppressive,
terrible, threatening, ugly, unaffable, unapproachable,
uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, unfriendly, ungenial,
unpleasant, vile, withdrawn
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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