forbidding

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: for‧bid‧ding

Verb

Plain form forbid

Third-person singular forbids

Past tense forbade

Past participle forbidden

Present participle forbidding

1. The present participle of forbid.

Adjective

Positive forbidding

Comparative more forbidding

Superlative most forbidding

1. If something looks forbidding, it looks threatening; it looks menacing.
2. If someone is forbidding, they are very unpleasant; they are very disagreeable.

Related words

• forbid

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