0 unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful: --
With storm clouds rushing over them, the mountains looked dark and forbidding.
a forbidding row of security guards
1 appearing unfriendly, threatening, or difficult: --
The mountains looked dark and forbidding.
NOVÉ SLOVÁ
European
May 10, 2021
SLOVO DŇA
Shimmer
forbidding