forbidding

/fər-ˈbi-diŋ/

adjective

  1. such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible

  2. disagreeable, repellent

  3. grim, menacing

forbidding walls

verb

  1. to proscribe from or as if from the position of one in authority : command, against

  2. to hinder or prevent as if by an effectual command

The law forbids stores to sell liquor to minors.

forbid prohibit interdict inhibit mean to debar one from doing something or to order that something not be done. forbid implies that the order is from one in authority and that obedience is expected. prohibit suggests the issuing of laws, statutes, or regulations.