SkyfireDict

forbearing   (TTS Sound)

The verb forbear has 2 senses

• forbear, hold back -- (refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker")


• refrain, forbear -- (resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping")

The adj forbearing has 1 sense

• forbearing, longanimous -- (showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering")