What does FORBIDDEN mean?

Definitions for FORBIDDEN
fərˈbɪd n, fɔr-for·bid·den

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. forbiddenadjective

    not allowed.

  2. Etymology: From to forbid.

ChatGPT

  1. forbidden

    Forbidden refers to something that is not allowed or permitted due to laws, rules, regulations, customs, or beliefs. This term often implies strong disapproval or prohibition typically enforced by authority or governing body. It can apply to actions, practices, substances or items, access to certain places, and more.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Forbidden

    of Forbid

  2. Forbiddenadjective

    prohibited; interdicted

Wikidata

  1. Forbidden

    Forbidden is a thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil, the group was founded by Russ Anderson and Craig Locicero, who are both permanent members. Since their formation, Forbidden have broken up and reformed twice with numerous line-up changes. The current line-up of the band comprises Anderson, Locicero, Matt Comacho, Steve Smyth and Mark Hernandez. Along with Death Angel, Defiance, Testament and Exodus, they are one of the most successful Bay Area thrash metal bands and earned a growing fan-base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with their debut album Forbidden Evil described by critics as a classic thrash metal album. Their early style was technical thrash metal, but the band later experimented with alternative and groove metal elements on their fourth album Green.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of FORBIDDEN in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of FORBIDDEN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of FORBIDDEN in a Sentence

  1. Michael Rubin:

    While many in the West might find it enduring that the King is a Trekkie who once even had a Star Trek 'Voyager' cameo, Islamists consider science fiction forbidden because it presumes to know a future that only God can know.

  2. Sadikjan Kamaluddin:

    We must always think what kind of reaction may follow if religious people are persecuted and jailed, if imams of local mosques who never preached anything forbidden are labeled in various ways.

  3. Fateme Gosheh:

    The bands which exist in Iran have no possibility to be in public, but these young people do not give up. You can find their music everywhere, but like drugs, it is forbidden.

  4. Marcus Noland:

    North Korea is attempting to tweak or improve the efficiency of the existing socialist or state-dominated system, but it is not pursuing any fundamental reform, indeed, use of the word 'reform' is forbidden. The regime wants the country to be modern, wants it to be prosperous, but wants these things on its own terms.

  5. Fabrice:

    If voting would change anything, it would be forbidden for a long time!

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