Synonyms for forbidden
fərˈbɪd n, fɔr-for·bid·den

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1. forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verbotenadjective

   excluded from use or mention

   "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

   Antonyms:
   allowable, permissible

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1. forbiddenadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, proscribed, interdicted, contraband, inhibited, illicit, taboo

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1. List of paraphrases for "forbidden":

   prohibited, banned, prohibits, proscribed, outlawed, barred, prohibit, defended

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1. Angela Carter:

   There's a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer to the question: Where was I before I was born. In the beginning was what? Perhaps, in the beginning, there was a curious room, a room like this one, crammed with wonders; and now the room and all it contains are forbidden you, although it was made just for you, had been prepared for you since time began, and you will spend all your life trying to remember it.

2. Agnieszka Sieradzka:

   The art was forbidden in Auschwitz so creating a drawing like that means risking torture, even death, however the art existed here almost from the beginning.

3. Attorney General Luis Inacio Adams:

   It is forbidden for a magistrate to express by any means of communication his opinion on a process before it is judged.

4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   In communication between people, which is of course essential to our living together, we have to show our faces, so the full veil should be forbidden wherever legally possible.

5. Novak Djokovic:

   These kind of things in games switch the momentum of the match, i didn't know that (touching) is completely forbidden. I thought it was a nice, really friendly touch.