forbidding

  • (s) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
    • a dour, self-sacrificing life
    • a forbidding scowl
    • a grim man loving duty more than humanity
    • "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
    dour, grim,
  • (s) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    • a baleful look
    • forbidding thunderclouds
    • his tone became menacing
    • ominous rumblings of discontent
    • sinister storm clouds
    • a sinister smile
    • his threatening behavior
    • ugly black clouds
    • the situation became ugly
    menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, baleful,

Nouns

Synonyms

dour grim banning forbiddance ban menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister threatening baleful

Words of close approximity

forbiddingly