Definitionadj. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Last update: August 23, 2015
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She gave me a forbidding reply. [adjective]
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Deuteronomy 21:23 is purely Persian in forbidding a crucified man from being allowed to defile the sacred land. [adjective]
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They claim them equally in breach of the article of the European Convention on Human Rights forbidding indefinite detention without trial. [adjective]
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Grewsome, sullen, stern, forbidding. [adjective]
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He thought at the time that he had seldom seen a person with a more sinister and forbidding countenance. [adjective]
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The philosopher asked us at once whether we were aware that Theodosius had lately promulgated a new edict forbidding young maidens to appear in public as singers or flute-players. [adjective]
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--I must laugh when I think of his allowing thy fathers the plodding ox and the dull, slow-natured ass, and forbidding them property in horses. [adjective]
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"The government went on searching private houses, opening private letters, forbidding lectures and meetings, and practicing the most infamous oppressions against us." [adjective]
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