forbidden (See forbid)

1 command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow] [ant: permit, permit]

2 keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude] [also: forbidding, forbidden, forbade, forbad]forbidden adj : excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]

English

Pronunciation

• /'foɻbɪdən/

  Rhymes: -ɪdən

Adjective

forbidden

1. not allowed

Translations

• Dutch: verboden
• Finnish: kielletty
• French: interdit
• Indonesian: dilarang
• Italian: vietato
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قه‌ده‌غه‌

• Romanian: interzis

Related terms

• taboo

Verb

forbidden

1. past participle of forbid

Forbidden or forbid may refer to a number of things:

• It is an English word referring to something that is off-limits.

Films

• Forbidden (1932 film), directed by Frank Capra
• Forbidden (1948 film), directed by George King
• Forbidden (1953 film), directed by Rudolph Maté
• Forbidden (1984 film), directed by Anthony Page
• Forbidden (2002 film), directed by Robert Kubilos
• Forbidden (2008 film), directed by Geert Wilders

Music

• Forbidden (band), a 1980s American metal band
• Forbidden (Black Sabbath album), a 1995 album
• Forbidden (Christine Dolce album), a 2007 album

Companies

• Forbidden Technologies plc, a UK company based in Wimbledon

Books

• Forbidden (Caroline B. Cooney book), by Caroline B. Cooney

Fictional

• GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam, a mobile suit from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Other

• "ForBiddeN", nickname of model/stylist Christine Dolce, popularized by networking website MySpace

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