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forbidding 音标拼音: [fɚb'ɪdɪŋ] [fɔb'ɪdɪŋ] a. 可怕的,令人难亲近的 可怕的,令人难亲近的 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 [ synonym: { dour}, { forbidding}, { 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" [ synonym: { baleful}, { forbidding}, { menacing}, { minacious}, { minatory}, { ominous}, { sinister}, { threatening}] n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [ synonym: { ban}, { banning}, { forbiddance}, { forbidding}] Forbid \ For* bid"\ ( f[ o^] r* b[ i^] d"), v. t. [ imp. { Forbade} ( f[ o^] r* b[ a^] d"); p. p. { Forbidden} ( f[ o^] r* b[ i^] d" d' n) ({ Forbid}, [ Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. { Forbidding} ( f[ o^] r* b[ i^] d" d[ i^] ng).] [ OE. forbeden, AS. forbe[' o] dan; pref. for- be[' o] dan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbj[= o][ eth] a, forbo[ eth] a, Sw. f[" o] rbjuda, 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]
Forbidding \ For* bid" 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. -- { For* bid" ding* ly}, adv. -- { For* bid" ding* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 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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