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forbidding

prohibiting: They are forbidding entry.
Not to be confused with:
foreboding – a prediction; a portent of future misfortune; presentiment: She had a foreboding that there would be an accident.
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for·bid·ding

(fər-bĭd′ĭng, fôr-)
adj.
1. Tending or threatening to impede progress: forbidding rapids.
2. Unpleasant; disagreeable: a forbidding scowl.
3. Having a menacing aspect: forbidding thunderclouds.
for·bid′ding·ly adv.
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forbidding

(fəˈbɪdɪŋ)
adj
1. hostile or unfriendly
2. dangerous or ominous
forˈbiddingly adv
forˈbiddingness n
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for•bid•ding

(fərˈbɪd ɪŋ, fɔr-)

adj.
1. grim; threatening: a forbidding scowl.
2. dauntingly steep: forbidding cliffs.
3. disagreeably difficult or challenging: a forbidding duty.
[1710–15]
for•bid′ding•ly, adv.
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Noun 1. [画像:forbidding - an official prohibition or edict against something]forbidding - an official prohibition or edict against something
prohibition - refusal to approve or assent to
test ban - a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons
Adj. 1. forbidding - harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
2. [画像:forbidding - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments]forbidding - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
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forbidding

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forbidding

adjective
So disagreeable as to discourage approach:
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Translations
بَغيض، مُنَفِّر، كَريه
odpuzující
ógnvekjandi

forbidding

[fəˈbɪdɪŋ] ADJ [person, manner] → severo, intimidante; [place, building, room] → imponente, intimidante; [landscape] → inhóspito ; [task] → ingente, arduo
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forbidding

[fərˈbɪdɪŋ] adj
(= grim) [building, appearance] → austère
(= severe) [person] → dur(e), strict(e)
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forbidding

adj person, expression → Furcht einflößend ; place, terrain → unwirtlich ; building, rocks, cliffs → bedrohlich ; task (= uninviting) → wenig einladend ; (= overwhelming) → überwältigend ; prospect → düster ; the room was cold and forbidding → das Zimmer war kalt und unfreundlich
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forbidding

[fəˈbɪdɪŋ] adj → arcigno/a, d'aspetto minaccioso
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forbid

(fəˈbid) – past tense forbade (fəˈbad foː(r)ˈbeid) : past participle forˈbidden – verb
to tell (someone) not to do something. She forbade him to go. belet يَمْنَع забранявам proibir zakázat verbieten forbyde απαγορεύω prohibir keelama ممنوع کردن kieltää défendre לֶאֱסוֹר मना करना zabraniti, priječiti (meg)tilt melarang banna vietare, proibire 禁じる 금지하다 uždrausti aizliegt; neatļaut melarang verbieden forby, nekte zakazać منع كول proibir a interzice запрещать zakázať prepovedati zabraniti förbjuda ห้าม yasaklamak 不許,禁止 забороняти روکنا، باز رکھنا không cho phép; cấm 不许,禁止
forˈbidden adjective
not allowed. Smoking is forbidden. verbode مَمْنوع забранен proibido zakázaný verboten forbudt απαγορευμένος prohibido keelatud ممنوع kielletty interdit אסור वर्जित, निषिद्ध zabranjen, nedopušten tiltott dilarang bannaður vietato, proibito 禁じられた 금지된 draudžiamas aizliegts; neatļauts dilarang verboden forbudt zakazany منع proibido interzis запрещённый zakázaný prepovedan zabranjen förbjuden ที่ไม่ได้รับอนุญาต yasak 被禁止的 заборонений ممنوع cấm 被禁止的
forˈbidding adjective
rather frightening. a forbidding appearance. streng; kwaai voorkoms بَغيض، مُنَفِّر، كَريه страшен assustador odpuzující abstoßend skræmmende απειλητικός, αποκρουστικός severo, imponente peletav ناخوشایند luotaantyöntävä rébarbatif מְאַייֵם अप्रीतिकर odbojan, ružan félelmes menakutkan ógnvekjandi sgradevole 近づきがたい 무서운 grėsmingas atbaidošs; briesmīgs menakutkan afschrikwekkend avskrekkende, uhyggelig odpychający نا خواخوږه assustador respingător отталкивающий odpudzujúci mrk zabranjujući frånstötande, avskräckande ที่ไม่เป็นมิตร ürkütücü 可怕的 загрозливий نا مرغوب gớm guốc 可怕的
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Great are thy Vertues, doubtless, best of Fruits, Though kept from Man, & worthy to be admir'd, Whose taste, too long forborn, at first assay Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The Tongue not made for Speech to speak thy praise: Thy praise hee also who forbids thy use, Conceales not from us, naming thee the Tree Of Knowledge, knowledge both of good and evil; Forbids us then to taste, but his forbidding Commends thee more, while it inferrs the good By thee communicated, and our want: For good unknown, sure is not had, or had And yet unknown, is as not had at all.
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In the morning the effects of it were still visible in the fearful, sidelong glances that the Waziri continually cast at the massive and forbidding structure which loomed above them.
Another narrow passage led through this wall, and at its end Tarzan and his warriors found themselves in a broad avenue, on the opposite side of which crumbling edifices of hewn granite loomed dark and forbidding. Upon the crumbling debris along the face of the buildings trees had grown, and vines wound in and out of the hollow, staring windows; but the building directly opposite them seemed less overgrown than the others, and in a much better state of preservation.
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