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Forbidding vs Forbade - What's the difference?

forbidding | forbade |

As verbs the difference between forbidding and forbade

is that forbidding is present participle of lang=en while forbade is simple past of forbid.

As an adjective forbidding

is highly unpleasant or disagreeable.

As a noun forbidding

is the act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

forbidding

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • highly unpleasant or disagreeable
  • threatening or menacing

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
  • * William Shakespeare
    • But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him.

    forbade

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (forbid)
    • English irregular simple past forms