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forbidding

/fər'bɪdɪŋ/

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adjective
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
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"a forbidding scowl"

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dour grim unpleasant
noun
an official prohibition or edict against something
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ban banning forbiddance

type of:
prohibition
adjective
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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"forbidding thunderclouds"

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baleful menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister threatening alarming

Examples of forbidding

"a forbidding scowl"
"forbidding thunderclouds"