Past participle of the verbforbid.Doublet ofverboten. CompareGermanverboten,Dutchverboden,Swedishförbjuden, andWest Frisianferbean.

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

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

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• Rhymes:-ɪdən

forbidden (comparativemoreforbidden,superlativemostforbidden)

1. Notallowed; specificallydisallowed.

   Synonyms:prohibited,verboten,proscribed

   • 1671,John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, inParadise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London:[…] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […],→OCLC,page83, lines415–420:

     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 orforbidden in our Law.

   • 1999, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen,Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind, page276:

     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 isforbidden'.

• taboo

forbidden

1. pastparticiple offorbid