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forbidding (adjective), more forbidding, most forbidding
1. Characterized by a harshly uninviting or formidable behavior or appearance: Karl had a forbidding scowl, or angry expression on his face, when his wife asked him to hang up the laundry while he was watching a football game on TV.
2. Descriptive of a threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments: The forbidding thunderclouds indicated that a storm was coming.
A reference to a grim or threatening situation.
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Conveying a grim, ominous, and unfriendly condition.
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