baleful vs forbidding

baleful is not a noun while forbidding is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
baleful	No	Yes	No	No
forbidding	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, baleful and forbidding are synonyms defined as:

baleful and forbidding: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Other synonyms of baleful include menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening.

baleful (noun)	forbidding (noun)
	an official prohibition or edict against something

baleful (adjective)	forbidding (adjective)
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments	threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
deadly or sinister	harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance