forbid
— Verb
– English
～ keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
forbid
— Verb
– English
～ command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
forbiddance
— Noun
– English
～ the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
forbiddance
— Noun
– English
～ an official prohibition or edict against something
forbidden
— Adjective
– English
～ excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
Forbidden City
— Noun
– English
～ the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
Forbidden City
— Noun
– English
～ a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China
forbidding
— Adjective
– English
～ harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
forbidding
— Adjective
– English
～ threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
forbidding
— Noun
– English
～ an official prohibition or edict against something
forbiddingly
— Adverb
– English
～ in an unpleasant or menacing manner; "it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor"