forbidden
adjective
[ fəˈbɪd(ə)n ]
• not allowed; banned.
• "a list of forbidden books"
Similar:
prohibited,
banned,
debarred,
vetoed,
proscribed,
ruled out,
not allowed,
disallowed,
taboo,
impermissible,
not acceptable,
unauthorized,
unsanctioned,
outlawed,
illegal,
unlawful,
illicit,
illegitimate,
criminal,
interdicted,
verboten,
haram,
tapu,
no go,
not on,
out,
non licet,
Opposite:
permitted,
legal,
• denoting or involving a transition between two quantum-mechanical states that does not conform to some selection rule, especially for electric dipole radiation.
forbid
verb
• refuse to allow (something).
• "I can see why phones were forbidden"
Similar:
prohibit,
ban,
outlaw,
make illegal,
veto,
proscribe,
disallow,
preclude,
exclude,
rule out,
bar,
debar,
block,
stop,
put a stop to,
put an end to,
declare taboo,
give the red light to,
give the thumbs down to,
put the kibosh on,
interdict,
enjoin,
restrain,
Origin:
Old English forbēodan (see for-, bid2).
