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forbidding

participle present
Prohibiting; hindering.

forbidding

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

forbidding

noun
Hindrance; opposition.