The gentlemen pronounced him to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased;
and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding,
disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend
33) What is the meaning of forbidding as used in the sentence?
A) grim and unfriendly
B) prohibit or prevent
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sinister and hostile
D) dangerous or threatening