Forbiddingness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forbidding \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.
          [1913 Webster]