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Prohibited vs Forbidding - What's the difference?

prohibited | forbidding |

As adjectives the difference between prohibited and forbidding

is that prohibited is forbidden; unallowed while forbidding is highly unpleasant or disagreeable.

As verbs the difference between prohibited and forbidding

is that prohibited is (prohibit) while forbidding is .

As a noun forbidding is

the act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

prohibited

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Forbidden; unallowed
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (law) criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful

    Derived terms

    * prohibited area

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prohibit)

    • 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.