Forbidding

Definition:

• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbid
• (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Compare forbidding with other words:

forbidding vs. hostile

forbidding vs. forbode

forbidding vs. foreboding

forbidding vs. inhospitable

forbidding vs. menacing

forbidding vs. threatening

disagreeable vs. forbidding

forbidding vs. unpleasant

austere vs. forbidding

forbidding vs. grim

dour vs. forbidding

forbidding vs. stern