verb🔗ShareTo disallow; to proscribe."Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden."lawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command."The teacher is forbidding students from using their phones during class. "lawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command."An impassable river forbids the approach of the army."actionlawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo accurse; to blast."The angry teacher forbade the student's disrespectful behavior, hoping to curse the disruptive actions. "cursereligionmythologysupernaturalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo defy; to challenge."What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?"actionwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition."The park's forbidding of dogs aimed to protect the wildlife living there. "lawgovernmentrightpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAppearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant."The teacher's forbidding expression made the students nervous before the test. "appearancecharacterattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
