forbidden

Past participle of the verb forbid.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈbɪdn̩/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɚˈbɪdn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdən

forbidden (comparative more forbidden, superlative most forbidden)

1. Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

   Synonyms: prohibited, verboten, proscribed

   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 83, lines 415–420:

     Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.

   • 1999, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind, page 276:

     This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.

• taboo

forbidden

1. past participle of forbid