forbidding

Meanings

• an official prohibition or edict against something
• command against
• keep from happening or arising; make impossible
• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; ; ; ; - J.M.Barrie
  • "a forbidding scowl"
• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  • "forbidding thunderclouds"

Synonyms

baleful, ban, banning, disallow, dour, forbid, forbiddance, foreclose, forestall, grim, interdict, menacing, minacious, minatory, nix, ominous, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, sinister, threatening, veto