forbidding adjective
[more forbidding; most forbidding] : not friendly or appealing : having a frightening or threatening appearance
▪ a harsh and forbidding landscape ▪ a forbidding scowl
▪ a harsh and forbidding landscape ▪ a forbidding scowl
— for·bid·ding·ly adverb
▪ a forbiddingly harsh landscape ▪ He scowled forbiddingly.
▪ a forbiddingly harsh landscape ▪ He scowled forbiddingly.
