forbidding

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Here's another one: let's say 10 men and 10 women want to get married, as a group, but there's a law forbidding that.

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an official prohibition or edict against something

Meaning at a glance

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noun

an official prohibition or edict against something

adjective

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

adjective

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forbidding.

noun

an official prohibition or edict against something

adjective

Example sentences

Here's another one: let's say 10 men and 10 women want to get married, as a group, but there's a law forbidding that.

"Though of course forbidding bad behavior does tend to keep away bad people, because they feel uncomfortably constrained in a place where they have to behave well.

There has been discussions about in in the media in recent years, and I believe that most people understood that forbidding those girls to have security is an idiocy.

Would you say that's an anti-human law?And another: a man and a simulated anime character want to get married, but there's a law forbidding it. Would you say that's against artificial intelligence, japanese animation or both?

"Contract clauses forbidding reverse engineering are invalid in many countries and jurisdictions, and of course, you also have to prove the other party agreed to the contract/license.

Rate regulations, forbidding surge pricing, requiring cabs to serve the whole city, etc, arise from cities treating cabs as a part of the overall municipal transit infrastructure.

You wouldn't get anywhere by arguing that you're alleged to have put your right hand in your pocket and pulled out a small hatchet, and that since there's no law specifically forbidding right-hand wielding of hatches, you should go free.

What's amazing about this bug is that at every step you learn something that makes Pinkie Pie more terrifying while simultaneously making the Chrome security model sound more and more forbidding.