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Definition of forbidding
1 : such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible forbidding walls
2 : disagreeable, repellent a forbidding task
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Examples of forbidding in a Sentence
a harsh and forbidding landscape
a dark, forbidding house, that is reputed to be haunted
Recent Examples of forbidding from the Web
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With daytime temperatures reaching 55 degrees Celsius, and dunes taller than 330 meters, the desert may be one of the most forbidding places on Earth.
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First Known Use of forbidding
1599
FORBIDDING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of forbidding for English Language Learners
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: not friendly or appealing : having a frightening or threatening appearance
FORBIDDING Defined for Kids
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Definition of forbidding for Students
: tending to frighten or discourage a forbidding old house
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