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Forbidding

//fɚˈbɪdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.

    "What cause, cry’d he, can justify our flight, To tempt the dangers of forbidding night?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments wordnet
  2. 2
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

    "But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him;"

  2. 2
    an official prohibition or edict against something wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forbid form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, forbid + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, forbid + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, forbid + -ing.

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