# forbidding

Pronunciation: US say "fur-BID-ing" /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/; UK say "fuh-BID-ing" /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Seeming threatening, unfriendly, or likely to be unpleasant.
   - Simple: Looking scary, unfriendly, or unpleasant to be near.
   - _The cliffs rose dark and forbidding above the narrow harbor._
   - _His forbidding expression discouraged anyone from approaching the desk._

## Verb

2. Present participle of forbid. — present participle and gerund of forbid
   - Simple: Present participle of forbid. Use this form for the ongoing act of not allowing something.
   - _The new policy is forbidding overtime without prior approval._
   - _Doctors are increasingly forbidding smoking in shared spaces._

## Noun

3. An act by which something is prohibited; a prohibition or ban.
   - Simple: The act of saying that something is not allowed, or a ban.
   - _The council's forbidding of new construction halted the development for years._
   - _A formal forbidding of the old custom was issued the next morning._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "forbid" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/forbidding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).