What is the meaning of forbidding?

noun

• An official prohibition or edict against something.
  • synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance

verb

• Command against.
  • usage: "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
  • synonyms: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
• Keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
  • usage: "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
  • synonyms: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid

adjective

• 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
  • synonyms: dour, grim
• Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening