forbidding

noun

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Pronunciation: /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/ / /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, forbid + -ing.

Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
“What cause, cry’d he, can justify our flight, To tempt the dangers of forbidding night?”
“[…] he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, forbid + -ing.

The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
“But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him;”
“1920, St. John G. Ervine, The Foolish Lovers, London: W. Collins & Sons, Chapter 3, VIII, p. 228, All law was composed of hindrances and obstacles and forbiddings, and therefore he was entirely opposed to Law.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, forbid + -ing.