menacing
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not being friendly
abrasive
abrasively
abrasiveness
abruptly
abruptness
aloof
estrangement
estrangement from someone
flintily
forbiddingly
freezingly
frigid
gruff
offish
remote
remoteness
reserved
reservedly
saturnine
wintry
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forbiddingly
forbidding | American Dictionary
forbidding
adjective
us/fərˈbɪd·ɪŋ, fɔr-/
appearing unfriendly, threatening, or difficult:
The mountains looked dark and forbidding.