forbidding vs stony

forbidding

adj
  • Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant. 

noun
  • The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition. 

stony

adj
  • Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion. 

  • As hard as stone. 

  • Of an action or expression such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion. 

  • Containing or made up of stones. 

How often have the words forbidding and stony occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )