forbidden

[US]/fə'bɪd(ə)n/
[UK]/fɚˈbɪdn../
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not permitted; prohibited; something that is desired even more because it is forbidden

Phrases & Collocations

forbidden city

forbidden fruit

forbidden band

Example Sentences

a list of forbidden books.

It's forbidden to smoke here.

Cameras are forbidden here.

the place into which they were forbidden to foray.

I was forbidden from leaving Russia.

forbidden under penalty of death

As of now, smoking is forbidden in this house.

It is not allowed to approach the forbidden area.

Smoking is forbidden in the concert hall.

The soldiers were forbidden to fraternize.

A plural marriage is forbidden by many countries.

You know full well that smoking is forbidden in this room.

the prisoner was forbidden to communicate with his family.

leavened breads are forbidden during Passover.

As a metic in Athens, he was forbidden to speak for himself;

Fishing in this pond is forbidden; penalty $5.

They used a front organization to hide their trade in forbidden goods.

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