3syllables
forbidding
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Definitions offorbidding
1verb
- To disallow; to proscribe.
Example: "Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden."
- (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
- To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
Example: "An impassable river forbids the approach of the army."
- To accurse; to blast.
- To defy; to challenge.
Example: "What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?"
1noun
- The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
1adjective
- Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
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