Antonyms for forbidden
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fer-bid-n, fawr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : fərˈbɪd n, fɔr- |
Definition of forbidden
Origin :- Old English forbeodan "forbid, prohibit," from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid). Common Germanic compound (cf. Dutch verbieden, Old High German farbiotan, German verbieten, Old Norse fyrirbjoða, Gothic faurbiudan "to forbid"). Related: Forbade; forbidden.
- adj outlawed, prohibited
- Many other things I saw and heard, but was forbidden to relate.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Even now, he was engaged in committing that crime which she had forbidden him.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The book of rules stated explicitly that such things were forbidden.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- All lesser forms of lying are forbidden along with the greater.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Why have they not forbidden the sale of whiskey in all saloons?
- Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
- You know we have forbidden you to take anything to eat before mealtime.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- The little one came out, for she knew that she ought not to do what was forbidden.
- Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
- Where the forbidden thing is, no precaution can be too great.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Biddy saw to it that Monny couldn't edge in a word on the forbidden subject.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- But the parliament were forbidden by authority to meddle in the affair.
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
Synonyms for forbidden
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