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/fərbˈɪdɪŋ/ /fɔbˈɪdɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Forbid v. t. (past forbade; past part. forbidden, obs. forbid; pres. part. forbidding)

To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. "More than I have said... The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon."

To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. "Have I not forbid her my house?"

To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. "A blaze of glory that forbids the sight."

To accurse; to blast. (Obs.) "He shall live a man forbid."

To defy; to challenge. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.

Forbid v. i. (past forbade; past part. forbidden, obs. forbid; pres. part. forbidding) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid."

adjective

Forbidding adj. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Synonyms: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent.

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"Forbidding" Quotes from Famous Books

... discussion there was, as to whether the King had any right to so address the members of the Government,—and some oracular journals were of the opinion that he was acting in an 'unconstitutional manner.' On the other hand, it was discovered and proved that there was no actual law forbidding the Sovereign to speak when any question of urgency appeared to call for his ...

— Temporal Power • Marie Corelli

... grandfather was a young spark at Christ Church, Oxford. He never tired of relating that interview. The hostess was a very great lady indeed, and actually stood waiting for a word with his Reverence, whose whim it was rather to talk to the young provincial. He was a forbidding figure, in his black gown and periwig, so my grandfather said, with a piercing blue eye and shaggy brow. He made the mighty to come to him, while young Carvel stood between laughter and fear of the great ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... passed a law prohibiting all impressment, "unless it be by warrant from the executive in time of actual invasion;" and the assembly of South Carolina, during the session at Jacksonborough, also passed a law forbidding impressment, and enacting, "that no other persons than those who shall be appointed by the governor for that purpose, shall be allowed or permitted to procure ...

— The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 (of 5) • John Marshall

... were allowed to begin selling a wider range of goods. It also permitted some private farming on an experimental basis in an effort to boost agricultural output. In October 2005, the government tried to reverse some of these policies by forbidding private sales of grains and reinstituting a centralized food rationing system. By December 2005, the government terminated most international humanitarian assistance operations in North Korea (calling instead for developmental assistance only) and restricted the activities ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... once since the downfall of her husband. The banker had listened very coldly to her story of hardship and suffering. He had taken Fitz into his employ at that time; but her reception was so cold, and the great man's manner so forbidding, that she had resolved that nothing but imminent starvation should induce ...

— Make or Break - or, The Rich Man's Daughter • Oliver Optic

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