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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

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The first known use of forbidding was in 1599

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