present participle of forbid

The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.

plural of forbidding

(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe. / (ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command. / (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forbid

Synonym of God forbid

(idiomatic, subjunctive) indicating that the eventuality is both unlikely and undesirable

(idiomatic) May heaven forbid it; expresses the desire that something does not happen.

The quality of being forbidding.