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Aladdin frowned at Larch with all the forbiddingness that he could muster, but Larch was imperturbable.

From Aladdin O'Brien by Morris, Gouverneur

You may have to try them many times; there is something of Nature's rudeness and forbiddingness, not only at the first, but probably always.

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by Burroughs, John