for‧bid‧den/fəˈbɪdn $ fər-/ adjective 1. not allowed, especially because of an official rule ⇨ banned it is forbidden (to do something) ▪ It is forbidden to smoke at school. be strictly/expressly/absolutely etc forbidden ▪ Alcohol is strictly forbidden in Saudi Arabia.
2. a forbidden place is one that you are not allowed to go to forbidden to ▪ The Great Mosque is forbidden to Christians.
3. a forbidden activity, subject etc is one that people think that you should not do, talk about etc SYN taboo: ▪ Sex was always a forbidden topic. forbidden fruit (=something that you should not have, but that you want) ▪ Forbidden fruit is always more attractive.
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES expressly forbidden ▪ He was expressly forbidden to speak to the girl. strictly forbidden ▪ Alcohol is strictly forbidden on school premises. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN fruit ▪ Which for Rose increased the appeal of forbiddenfruit. ▪ A challenging language, carrying with it the sweet allure of forbiddenfruit. ▪ Thus they assumed all the glamour and promise that forbiddenfruit always holds. ▪ They had eaten of the forbiddenfruit of knowledge and had been cast out of paradise. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Alcohol is forbidden in the dormitories. ▪ I was curious about the forbidden pleasures of the city. ▪ The Great Mosque is forbidden to Christians. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Any car that does enter such a forbidden zone will lose all power, and remain until the traffic-warden arrives. ▪ He knew its sounds and smells, its forbidden places and inky-black corners. ▪ Injunctions were issued and some of the unions instructed their members to stop the forbidden activities. ▪ The only sour note was the electrified fence that marked the forbidden border zone. ▪ This is a desperate comment on the forbidden nature of tears. ▪ This is the body that, supposedly protecting state secrets, issues lists of forbidden subjects. ▪ Together you can return to us from the frozen forbidden place.
for‧bid‧den/fəˈbɪdn $ fər-/ adjective 