Forbidding vs. Stern
Difference Between Forbidding and Stern
Forbidding➦
unfriendly or threatening in appearance
a grim and forbidding building
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Stern➦
The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship.
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Forbidding➦
Tending or threatening to impede progress
forbidding rapids.
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Stern➦
Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character
a stern disciplinarian.
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Forbidding➦
Unpleasant; disagreeable
a forbidding scowl.
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Stern➦
Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh
a stern face.
a stern voice.
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Forbidding➦
Having a menacing aspect
forbidding thunderclouds.
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Stern➦
Firm or unyielding; uncompromising
stern resistance.
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Forbidding➦
Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
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Stern➦
Difficult to endure; oppressive
stern necessity.
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Forbidding➦
present participle of forbid
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Stern➦
(Nautical) The rear part of a ship or boat.
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Forbidding➦
The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
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Stern➦
A rear part or section.
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Forbidding➦
Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
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Stern➦
Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
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Forbidding➦
an official prohibition or edict against something
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Stern➦
Grim and forbidding in appearance.
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Forbidding➦
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;
a dour, self-sacrificing life
a forbidding scowl
a grim man loving duty more than humanity
undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
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Stern➦
(nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
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Forbidding➦
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
a baleful look
forbidding thunderclouds
his tone became menacing
ominous rumblings of discontent
sinister storm clouds
a sinister smile
his threatening behavior
ugly black clouds
the situation became ugly
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Stern➦
(figurative) The post of management or direction.
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Stern➦
The hinder part of anything.
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Stern➦
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
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Stern➦
A bird, the black tern.
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Stern➦
To steer, to direct the course of (a ship).
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Stern➦
To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.
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Stern➦
The black tern.
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Stern➦
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
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Stern➦
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
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Stern➦
Fig.: The post of management or direction.
And sit chiefest stern of public weal.
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Stern➦
The hinder part of anything.
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Stern➦
The tail of an animal; - now used only of the tail of a dog.
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Stern➦
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
The sterne wind so loud gan to rout.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
When that the poor have cried, Cæsar hath wept;Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard.
These barren rocks, your stern inheritance.
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Stern➦
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
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Stern➦
the rear part of a ship
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Stern➦
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
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Stern➦
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
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Stern➦
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect;
an austere expression
a stern face
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Stern➦
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
grim determination
grim necessity
Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
relentless persecution
the stern demands of parenthood
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Stern➦
severe and unremitting in making demands;
an exacting instructor
a stern disciplinarian
strict standards
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