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TOEFL BNC: 11423 COCA: 13550

forbidding

forbidding /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/ adjective
forbidding
/fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of FORBIDDING
[more forbidding; most forbidding]
: not friendly or appealing : having a frightening or threatening appearance严峻的;令人生畏的

— forbiddingly

adverb
TOEFL BNC: 11423 COCA: 13550

forbidding

adjective

for·​bid·​ding fər-ˈbi-diŋ How to pronounce forbidding (audio)
fȯr-
1
: such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible
forbidding walls
2
: disagreeable, repellent
a forbidding task
3
: grim, menacing
a dark forbidding sky
forbiddingly adverb

Example Sentences

a harsh and forbidding landscape a dark, forbidding house, that is reputed to be haunted
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Word History

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of forbidding was in 1599
TOEFL BNC: 11423 COCA: 13550

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