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.
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