taboo
adjective
proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable.
tabooing
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present participleof taboo.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It is not unusual to find, on such occasions, a special clause, in the conveyance, for their protection, and for the perpetual tabooing of the place of sepulture.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
No doubt there was a time when the stage was so profligate that the Puritans were justified in tabooing it altogether.
From Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry Theophilus Finck
I inferred rightly that my notoriety was what was tabooing me.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp
In tabooing the standpoint of sport, wherever possible, from these chapters, occasional reference, where it overlaps the interests of the field-naturalist, is inevitable.
From Birds in the Calendar by Frederick G. (Frederick George) Aflalo
Social reformers and temperance agitators could not make a greater mistake than by following the example of the Puritans and tabooing all pleasures.
From Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry Theophilus Finck
