Local English word record

verboten

adjective · 1 sense

excluded from use or mention

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Examples

  • forbidden fruit
  • in our house dancing and playing cards were out
  • a taboo subject

Word relationships

Synonyms

forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu

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