[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forbid \forbid"\ fo^rbi^d", v. t. imp. forbade
   fo^rba^d"; p. p. forbidden fo^rbi^d"d'n
   forbid, obs.; p. pr.  vb. n. forbidding
   fo^rbi^d"di^ng. oe. forbeden, as. forbe'odan;
   pref. for- + be'odan to bid; akin to d. verbieden, g.
   verbieten, icel. fyrirbj=oetha, forboetha, sw.
   f"orbjuda, dan. forbyde. see bid, v. t.
   1. to command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to
      interdict.
      1913 webster

            more than i have said . . .
            the leisure and enforcement of the time
            forbids to dwell upon.                --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to
      command not to enter.
      1913 webster

            have i not forbid her my house?       --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual
      command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of
      the army.
      1913 webster

            a blaze of glory that forbids the sight. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to accurse; to blast. obs.
      1913 webster

            he shall live a man forbid.           --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to defy; to challenge. obs. --l. andrews.

   syn: to prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold;
        restrain; prevent. see prohibit.
        1913 webster
see also:
forbade forbidden forbid forbidding bid prohibit 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forbidding \forbid"ding\, a.
   repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion,
   or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a
   forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

   syn: disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
        repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- forbid"dingly, adv.
        -- forbid"dingness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
forbid"dingly forbid"dingness 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

forbidding
     see forbid
see also:
forbid 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

forbid
     v 1: command against; "i forbid you to call me late at night";
          "mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" syn: prohibit,
           interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow ant: permit,
           permit
     2: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of
        preventing; "my sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
        syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude
     also: forbidding, forbidden, forbade, forbad
see also:
prohibit interdict proscribe veto disallow permit 
prevent forestall foreclose preclude forbidding 
forbidden forbade forbad 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

forbidding
     adj 1: 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 syn: dour, grim
     2: 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" syn: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory,
         ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly
     n : an official prohibition or edict against something syn: ban,
          banning, forbiddance
see also:
dour grim baleful menacing minacious minatory 
ominous sinister threatening ugly ban 
banning forbiddance 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

125 moby thesaurus words for "forbidding":
   olympian, abhorrent, abominable, aloof, awful, backward, bad, base,
   bashful, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blank, chilled,
   chilly, cold, constrained, contemptible, cool, crude, dangerous,
   despicable, detached, deterrent, deterring, detestable,
   discouraging, discreet, disgusting, distant, dreadful, exclusive,
   execrable, expressionless, fetid, forestalling, foul, frightful,
   frigid, frosty, fulsome, ghastly, grisly, gross, gruesome, guarded,
   harsh, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, hostile, icy,
   ignoble, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, inhibitive,
   inhibitory, interdictive, interdictory, introverted, loathsome,
   malodorous, menacing, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, modest, nasty,
   nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene,
   odious, offensive, offish, ominous, preclusive, preventative,
   preventive, prohibiting, prohibitive, prohibitory, prophylactic,
   proscriptive, rebarbative, remote, removed, repellent, repelling,
   repressed, repressive, repugnant, repulsive, reserved, restrained,
   reticent, retiring, revolting, shrinking, sickening, standoff,
   standoffish, stern, stinking, subdued, suppressed, suppressive,
   terrible, threatening, ugly, unaffable, unapproachable,
   uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, unfriendly, ungenial,
   unpleasant, vile, withdrawn

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