Not really. It means "daunting" or "discouraging."
very strong; overwhelming
a sentence using forbidding: the house looked forbidding.
majestic means so beautiful that it is overpowering and salient in its unique surroundings
No, overpowering is one word.
A cheapening or degrading
If a mouse were to win a fight with a cat, it would be against "overpowering odds". The cat can easily overpower the mouse. "Winning out" is just an idiom that means the same as just "winning".So, "The mouse team is winning out against the cats against overpowering odds."
The forbidding chapter lead such a curiosity among the students
Sure. There are different ways to use forbidding... The haunted house looked forbidding and dark, so Sylvia was afraid to enter. Congress passed a law forbidding the use of certain substances.
The castle looked forbidding.Why are you forbidding me to drive?I am glad they passed laws forbidding people to smoke in restaurants.
An example would be "I am forbidding you from going to the party."
Unwelcoming.
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning is a poem by John Donne.