Read the dictionary definition of forbidding. All definitions for this word.
1. an official prohibition or edict against something
2. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
1. a baleful look
2. forbidding thunderclouds
3. his tone became menacing
4. ominous rumblings of discontent
5. sinister storm clouds
6. a sinister smile
7. his threatening behavior
8. ugly black clouds
9. the situation became ugly
3. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
1. a dour, self-sacrificing life
2. a forbidding scowl
3. a grim man loving duty more than humanity
4. undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw