If something is forbidden, you are not allowed to do it or have it.
Smoking was forbidden everywhere.
It is forbidden to drive faster than 20mph.
Synonyms: prohibited, banned, vetoed, outlawed More Synonyms of forbidden
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A forbidden place is one that you are not allowed to visit or enter.
This was a forbidden area for foreigners.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Forbidden is used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about.
The war was a forbidden subject.
Divorce? It was such a forbidden word.
forbidden in British English
(fəˈbɪdən)
adjective
1.
not permitted by order or law
2. physics
involving a change in quantum numbers that is not permitted by certain rules derived from quantum mechanics, esp rules for changes in the electrical dipole moment of the system
▶ USAGE It was formerly considered incorrect to talk of forbidding someone from doing something, but in modern usage either from or to can be used: he was forbidden from entering/to enter the building
forbidden in American English
(fərˈbɪdəns; fɔrˈbɪdən)
adjective
not permitted; prohibited
More idioms containing
forbidden
forbidden fruit
Examples of 'forbidden' in a sentence
forbidden
They had no secrets, and quite openly discussed forbidden topics.
Bringle, Mary DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN (1977)
They lived in an Eden of the senses where the only forbidden fruit was borne of the tree of knowledge.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (1977)
His wife's desertion had embittered him, and her name was forbidden to be mentioned.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (1977)
The only hope seemed to be to take Janet and some dragons ' blood to the forbidden garden and try to get away.
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
Quotations
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirableMark TwainNotebook
Stolen fruit is sweet
In other languages
forbidden
British English: forbidden /fəˈbɪdn/ ADJECTIVE
If something is forbidden, you are not allowed to do it or have it.
Eating was forbidden.
American English: forbidden
Arabic: مـَمْنُوع
Brazilian Portuguese: proibido
Chinese: 禁止的
Croatian: zabranjen
Czech: zakázaný
Danish: forbudt
Dutch: verboden
European Spanish: prohibido
Finnish: kielletty
French: interdit
German: verboten
Greek: απαγορευμένος
Italian: vietato
Japanese: 禁じられた
Korean: 금지된
Norwegian: forbudt
Polish: zakazany
European Portuguese: proibido
Romanian: interzis
Russian: запрещенный
Latin American Spanish: prohibido
Swedish: förbjuden
Thai: ไม่ได้รับอนุญาต
Turkish: yasak
Ukrainian: заборонений
Vietnamese: bị cấm
All related terms of 'forbidden'
forbid
If you forbid someone to do something, or if you forbid an activity , you order that it must not be done .
forbidden band
a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid . In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied . Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities . Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty . In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
Forbidden City
Lhasa , Tibet : once famed for its inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
forbidden fruit
Forbidden fruit is a source of pleasure that involves breaking a rule or doing something that you are not supposed to do.
forbidden love
Love is a very strong feeling of affection towards someone who you are romantically or sexually attracted to.
forbidden transition
an electronic transition in an atom, molecule, etc, that is not permitted by electric dipole selection rules
Chinese translation of 'forbidden'
forbidden
(fəˈbɪdn)
pp
offorbid
adj
[subject]被禁止的 (bèi jìnzhǐ de)
forbidden fruit (fig) 禁果 (jìnguǒ)
forbid
(fəˈbɪd)
Word forms:ptforbade
Word forms:ppforbidden
vt
(= prohibit)[sale, marriage, event]禁止 (jìnzhǐ)
(= make impossible) 阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
to forbid sb to do sth (= prohibit) 禁止某人做某事 (jìnzhǐ mǒurén zuò mǒushì) (= make impossible) 阻止某人做某事 (zǔzhǐ mǒurén zuò mǒushì)
(adjective)
Smoking was forbidden everywhere.
Synonyms
prohibited
Fishing is prohibited here.
banned
vetoed
outlawed
taboo
Cancer is a taboo subject.
out of bounds
The building is out of bounds to foreign journalists.
proscribed
verboten (German)
Quotation
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable [Mark Twain – Notebook]
proverb
Stolen fruit is sweet
Additional synonyms
in the sense of out of bounds
The building is out of bounds to foreign journalists.