forbidding

adj.

1. Tending or threatening to impede progress: forbidding rapids.
2. Unpleasant; disagreeable: a forbidding scowl.
3. Having a menacing aspect: forbidding thunderclouds.

forbiddingly for·bid'ding·ly adv.

adjective

So disagreeable as to discourage approach: inhospitable, unhospitable, uninviting. See warn/invite.

adj

Definition: ominous, daunting
Antonyms: alluring, approachable, friendly, inviting, undaunting

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an official prohibition or edict against something
  Synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance

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The adjective forbidding has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  Synonyms: dour, grim

Meaning #2: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  Synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - afskrækkende, frastødende, uhyggelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
dreigend, afstotelijk, ontoegangkelijk

Français (French)
adj. - intimidant, inhospitalier, rébarbatif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - furchterregend, düster

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυστηρός, απωθητικός, αποκρουστικός

Italiano (Italian)
ostile, arcigno, scostante, sgradevole, difficile, inaccessibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - proibitivo

Русский (Russian)
грозный, отталкивающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - severo, inhóspito, odioso, amenazador, terrible, impresionante, imponente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - frånstötande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可怕的, 令人难亲近的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可怕的, 令人難親近的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기분 나쁜, 무서운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 近づきがたい, 不気味な, こわい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منفر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוסר על, מאיים, דוחה, מרתיע, מחמיר‬

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