FORBIDDING
ADJECTIVES
1787 — THIEVELESS shy, reserved; cold, frigid in manner, forbidding → Sc.
1819 — MALAGRUGROUS grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy → Sc. obs.
1819 — MALEGROBOLOUS grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy → Sc. obs.
1882 — THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1892 — REBARBATIVE repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable
1898 — BAD-LIKE of forbidding aspect; ill-favoured → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1929 — ATTERY of looks or appearance: grim, stern;; angry, stormy; forbidding → Sc.
1950 — GRUM AND CHUFF sulky in demeanour and surly in speech; morose and forbidding → Amer. dial.
1956 — BUGGERY-LOOKING adj. ugly, forbidding, or scary-looking → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1607 — FUSTILUGS a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a term of abuse → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1905 — UFRONGGI → UFRONGIE → UFRUNGIE a grotesque object; a person of forbidding aspect → Sc. (Bk.)
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