forbidden
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3.2
- adjective
- /fərˈbɪdən/
- In many cultures, certain foods are considered forbidden during religious ceremonies.
- a forbidden subject
- forbidden subject matter
- forbidden foods
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Watch on YouTubeIf it was hidden or forbidden or taboo, put your phone up.
- If it was hidden or forbidden or taboo, put your phone up.
- And it's actually completely forbidden for him to have said that.
- Most physicists think that it's forbidden because it leads to inconsistencies.
- When someone winds up on the terrible forbidden island of Scandal, Scandal Island.
- So, yeah, we we are forbidden from working in the United States.
- And so people think it's taboo or forbidden because it's men dressing up as women.
- Now, this is because yellowish blue is a forbidden color.
- We see the pattern, the trope of new forbidden worlds coming up.
- A fallen Angel, a forbidden love.
- So that that is, is, you know, something that is completely forbidden.
- But when I told her, she said, oh, my God, because I was forbidden from speaking to these kids.
- First time you eat foods that you know are not safe, you know, are forbidden in some way.
- And then he start it was forbidden to talk to him, you know.
Examples
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So, yeah, we we are forbidden from working in the United States.
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Yes, but it is forbidden.
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Actually, it's forbidden to work ahead in this class.
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You are forbidden to change your section on your own.
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But when I told her, she said, oh, my God, because I was forbidden from speaking to these kids.
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And it's actually completely forbidden for him to have said that.
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Everything that you did at home, you're forbidden to do here.
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Hollywood churns out endless variations on the theme of forbidden love.
Academic text (2012) -
They have forbidden me from touching anything in the BIOS.
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It is forbidden to smoke in public places in this country.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not allowed by law or official rules
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4.6
Not allowed to enter, use, or talk about
90
3.7
Not allowed by law or by an authority
63
4.0
Not allowed by law
55
6.3
Not allowed by law or social rules
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1.1
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
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5.2
Not allowed by a social or cultural rule
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6.1
Not allowed by law
7
9.2
Not allowed by rules or by social custom
6
7.7
Not allowed by rules, laws, or official standards
4
5.0
The law bans it
4
8.2
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
1
6.4
Not allowed by rules or laws
1
8.8
Not safe or allowed to be talked about openly
Antonyms
Compounds
How Forbidden
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forbidden comes from the old verb forbid, which is made of for- meaning 'against' and bid meaning 'to order', so it originally meant 'ordered against' and that's why forbidden means 'not allowed'.