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| for·bid·ding [ fər bídding, fàwr bídding ] |
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1. hostile: presenting an appearance that seems hostile or stern
  The mountains looked distant and forbidding.
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2. uninviting: appearing to involve a great deal of unpleasantness or difficulty
the forbidding prospect of further difficulties ahead
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3. dangerous or threatening: appearing to present a danger or threat
a rocky and forbidding shore
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| for·bid·ding·ly adverb |
| for·bid·ding·ness noun |
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