proscribe

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
  2. (transitive) To denounce.
  3. (transitive) To banish or exclude.

Opposite of
recommend
Synonyms

forbid
B2
outlaw
C2
prohibit
29k
interdict
ban
C1
nix
23k
disallow
veto
C2
debar
exile
C1
banish
C2
condemn
C2
inhibit
40k
negate
43k
recant
33k
refuse
B1
reject
C1
sentence
B2
taboo
C2
abjure
prohibition
C2
abnegate
bar
A2
blacklist
36k
contradict
C2

denounce

deny
B2
disavow
37k
disclaim
disown
27k
doom
C1
embargo
28k
Translations

verbieten
proscrire
interdire
proscrever
proscribir
bandire
prohiber
proibire
proibir
prohibir
proscrivere
verbieden
untersagen
esiliare

προγράφω

Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹəˈskɹaɪb/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
proscriben
In summary

From Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībō (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).

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