forbidding Pronunciation: /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/Translate forbidding | into German | into Italian French translation of forbiddingadj [building] intimidant/-e; [landscape] inhospitalier/-ière; [expression] rébarbatif/-iveforbidding in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of forbidding in the British & World English dictionary Definition of forbidding in the US English dictionary