forbid
verb (used with object)
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place.
is forbidding
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present progressiveof forbid (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The district, drawing up extensive policies around Kennedy’s return, is forbidding spectators or media on the field during or immediately following games.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
Its native habitat is forbidding: remote areas of the Himalayas.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
One rule that seems to already have been implemented is forbidding the use of a riding crop to urge horses unless it’s required for safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
The snow leopard’s habitat, which stretches across twelve Central Asian countries, is forbidding.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2018
There is nothing of luxurious elegance about it, and its aspect is forbidding, though imposing.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
