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Antonyms for no-no
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : noh-noh |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊˌnoʊ |
- aid
- allowable
- allowance
- allowed
- approval
- approved
- authorized
- blessing
- break
- clean language
- clearance
- deregulation
- disorganization
- ethical
- good
- help
- justifiable
- kindness
- lawful
- lawlessness
- legal
- legitimate
- mismanagement
- moral
- official
- permission
- permitted
- piety
- pleasantry
- praise
- reasonable
- respect
- reverence
- right
- sanctioned
- warranted
Definition of no-no
Origin :- 1942, from reduplication of no.
- As in off-limits : adj prohibited
- As in prohibited : adj forbidden
- As in unauthorized : adj not sanctioned, permitted
- As in impermissible : adj forbidden
- As in forbidden : adj outlawed, prohibited
- As in malediction : noun curse
- As in oath : noun curse
- As in profanity : noun foul language
- As in prohibition : noun ban, forbiddance
- As in regulation : noun rule, requirement
- As in restriction : noun limit
- As in rule : noun standard, principle of behavior
- As in ban : noun official forbiddance
- As in swearing : noun foul language
- As in taboo : noun something not allowed, permitted
- As in interdiction : noun forbiddance
- As in proscription : noun forbiddance
- As in constraint : noun force
- As in curse : noun hateful, swearing remark
- As in forbidden fruit : noun immoral indulgence
- As in guide : noun information, instructions
- They're going to take No-no home, then we're all going to the movies.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "No-no; I thought of that myself, and Nemu too advised it," cried Ani.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- No-no, that won't do; you mustn't talk, and you mustn't retch and gag that way, either—you'll wake up your poor brother.
- Extract from : « Those Extraordinary Twins » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Synonyms for no-no
- abuse
- against the law
- anathema
- banned
- bar
- barred
- Bible
- blasphemy
- book
- canon
- chapter and verse
- check
- closed
- closed down
- closed-down
- closed-up
- code
- commandment
- commination
- condition
- constraint
- contraband
- control
- crooked
- curb
- curse
- curse word
- cursing
- cuss
- cuss word
- damn
- damnation
- damning
- darn
- decree
- decretum
- denunciation
- dictate
- direction
- dirty
- dirty language
- dirty name
- dirty word
- disallowance
- don't
- edict
- embargo
- exclusion
- execration
- expletive
- forbidden
- four-letter word
- illegal
- illegitimate
- illicit
- impiety
- imprecation
- injunction
- interdict
- interdiction
- irreverence
- jinx
- law
- malediction
- negation
- no-no
- no-nos
- not allowed
- not approved
- numbers
- oath
- obscenity
- obstruction
- off base
- off limits
- order
- ordinance
- out of bounds
- out of line
- outlawed
- over the line
- pirated
- precept
- prescript
- prevention
- principle
- procedure
- profaneness
- profanity
- proscribed
- proscription
- refusal
- refused
- reg
- regulation
- repudiation
- restraint
- restricted
- restriction
- rule
- sacrilege
- shady
- standing order
- statute
- stipulation
- stricture
- strong language
- swear word
- swearing
- swearword
- taboo
- temperance
- unapproved
- unconstitutional
- under the table
- unjustified
- unlawful
- unofficial
- unsanctioned
- unwarranted
- verboten
- veto
- vetoed
- whammy
- wildcat
- wrongful
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