forbiddenadjective
uk/fəˈbɪd.ən/us/fɚˈbɪd.ən/B1 not allowed, especially by law:
Smoking is forbidden in the cinema.
More examples
- The use of cameras in this museum is strictly forbidden.
- The sale of alcohol is forbidden here.
- The athletes are forbidden from using proscribed drugs.
- Marriage between close relatives is forbidden in most societies.
- Any form of hunting or fishing within the wildlife reserve is strictly forbidden.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- nix
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibit
- prohibition
- proscribe
- unauthorized
- veto
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Idiom(s)
forbidden fruit