adj
verb
Freq #4097
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1
adj
Not allowed; officially banned.
Taking photographs inside the museum is forbidden.
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2
adj
Kept out of reach or off limits, and so more tempting.
The forbidden fruit always seems the sweetest.
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Past participle of the verb forbid. Doublet of verboten. Compare German verboten, Dutch verboden, Swedish förbjuden, and West Frisian ferbean.