forbidden

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UK /fə.ˈbɪ.dn̩/ US /fɚ.ˈbɪ.dn̩/

adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

popular, public, restricted, tranquil

The old library was a forbidden restricted zone after the fire damage was discovered.

VERB + FORBIDDEN

am, game, hunting, killing, places, smoking

Smoking is strictly forbidden in all public buildings and restaurants.

FORBIDDEN + NOUN

area, city, law, murderer, things, tobacco

My grandmother always said that forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest, which is why my brother kept sneaking cigarettes despite the forbidden law.

PREP.

in, on, out

Smoking is forbidden in all public buildings across the country.

ADV.

strictly, strictly

Smoking is strictly forbidden in all government buildings and public spaces.

Definitions

adj

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.

This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — excluded from use or mention

prohibited
proscribed
taboo
tabu
verboten

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

forbidden fruit

The fruit forbidden to Adam.

forbidden fruit is the sweetest

Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.

the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest

Alternative form of forbidden fruit is the sweetest.

Example Bank

Wiktionary

This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.

Wiktionary

Smoking in the restaurant was forbidden.

Tatoeba · #29514

Students are forbidden to smoke on the school grounds.

Tatoeba · #48938

But today smoking in public places is forbidden or strictly restricted.

Tatoeba · #53541

Hunting game is forbidden in these tranquil woods.

Tatoeba · #58218

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