Forbidding

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Synonyms: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. For*bid"ding*ly, adv. For*bid"ding*ness, n.