The excessive use of salt should be taboo.
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Taboo
/təˈbuː/
Synonyms for "taboo" (176 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (52)
filthyforbadeforbidforbiddanceforbiddenforbidden fruitforbiddingfreeze outignoreillegalillicitimpoliteinadmissibilityindecorousindexindex expurgatoriusindex librorum prohibitoruminhibitinhibitioninjunction
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interdictinterdictedinterdictioninterdictumjargonaljargonishkeep outlawleave outlimitationlock outlockoutnarrowingno nono-nononadmissionnonpermissiblenot permittedoff limitsomissionomit
Verb(1 words)
forbid cheating
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(7 words)
Related words (88)
ostracizeout of boundsoutlawoutlawedpass overpornographicprecludepreclusionpreventpreventionprofaneprohibitprohibitedprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscribeproscribedproscriptionrefusal
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refuseregulationrejectrejectionrelegaterelegationrepressrepressionrepudiaterepudiationreservationrestraintrestrictedrestrictionrestrictive covenantsruderule outruled outruling outsanctionsay no toscandalousscatologicalsend to coventryshut outslangslangystatutesumptuary lawssuppresssuppressiontabooedunacceptableunallowedunauthorizedunder the banunlawfulunlicensedunmentionableunpermissibleunsanctionedunspeakableuntouchableverbotenvetovetoedvolstead actzoningzoning laws
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(10 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
16 entriesbiascontrolinhibitionlanguagenormnorm violationpreconceptionprejudiceprohibitionrestrictsensitive topicsocial rulespeechsubjecttopictopic sensitivity
More specific
11 entriesblasphemycannibalismcurse wordincestpolitical tabooprofane termreligious taboosacrilegesexual tabooslurswear word
Collocations
8 entriescultural tabooreligious taboosexual taboosocial tabootaboo languagetaboo subjecttaboo topicuniversal taboo
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The topic is taboo here.
Source: tatoeba (43295)
It exists, but seeing as it is taboo and that nobody talks about it, there's no need to have words for it.
Source: tatoeba (618576)
Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.
Source: tatoeba (710982)
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