Verboten (Adjective)
Meaning
Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Talking about the company's financial struggles was verboten during the meeting with potential investors.
- In some conservative families, premarital sex is still verboten.
- The new employee quickly learned that discussing politics was verboten during office hours.
- Certain topics, like the family's dark past, were verboten at the dinner table.
- In this traditional community, wearing anything other than traditional attire is verboten during special occasions.