Translation for "verpönt sein" to english

Verpönt sein

• be frowned upon
• be scorned

Translation examples

be scorned

Nützliche und korrekte, aber letzten Endes unspektakuläre Projekte waren verpönt.
Useful, correct, but ultimately unsurprising work was scorned.

So etwas wie Gretas Gedichte, alles, was nicht spontan rüberkam, war verdächtig, sogar verpönt.
Things like Greta’s poems, things that did not flow right out, were suspect, even scorned.