forbid

Meanings

Verb

command against
- "I forbid you to call me late at night"
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
To disallow; to proscribe.
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
To accurse; to blast.
To defy; to challenge.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), from Proto-Germanic *furibeudaną, from *furi + *beudaną. Equivalent to for- (“from, away”) + bid (“to offer, proclaim”). Cognate with Dutch verbieden (“to forbid”), German verbieten (“to forbid”), Danish forbyde (“to forbid”),
Norwegian Bokmål forby (“to forbid”), Swedish förbjuda (“to forbid”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (faurbiudan). Related to forbode.

Synonyms

ban, disallow, foreclose, forestall, interdict, nix, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, veto

Antonyms

allow, permit

Scrabble Score: 12

forbid is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
forbid is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forbid is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

forbid is a valid Words With Friends word