For*bid"ding (?), a. Repelling
approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike;
disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding
aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding
air.
Syn. -- Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
repulsive; odious; abhorrent.
-- For*bid"ding*ly, adv. --
For*bid"ding*ness, n.