険けん相そう

na-adjective, noun

forbidding look; uncanny look

Describes a facial expression or atmosphere that feels threatening, eerie, or unsettling. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts.

• 彼かれの険けん相そうな表ひょう情じょうに、誰だれも近ちかづけなかった。

  No one could approach him because of his forbidding expression.

• その古ふるい屋や敷しきは険けん相そうな雰ふん囲い気きを漂ただよわせていた。

  The old mansion had an uncanny atmosphere.