- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Forbid.
- (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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