Bible Dictionaries
Forbidding

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbid

(2):

(a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Forbidding'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/forbidding.html. 1828.