FORBIDDING


Meaning of FORBIDDING in English

/ fəˈbɪdɪŋ; NAmE fərˈb-/ adjective

seeming unfriendly and frightening and likely to cause harm or danger :

a forbidding appearance / look / manner

The house looked dark and forbidding.

►  for·bid·ding·ly adverb

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