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narrow-minded adj
having a biased or illiberal viewpoint; bigoted, intolerant, or prejudiced narrow-mindedly adv narrow-mindedness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
narrow-minded adjective intolerant, conservative, prejudiced, biased, provincial, petty, reactionary, parochial, short-sighted, bigoted, insular, opinionated, small-minded, hidebound, illiberal, strait-laced He's just a narrow-minded bigot. catholic, cosmopolitan, tolerant, open-minded, indulgent, permissive, broad-minded, unprejudiced, freethinking Translations narrow-minded [ˈnærəʊˈmaɪndɪd] (pej) ADJ [person] → estrecho de miras, de mentalidad cerrada; [views] → intolerante, cerrado; [ideas, outlook] → cerrado narrow-minded [ˌnærəʊˈmaɪndɪd] adj (pej) (person) → di idee ristrette; (views, outlook) → ristretto/a narrow-minded [ˌnærəʊˈmaɪndɪd] adj (pej) (person) → di idee ristrette; (views, outlook) → ristretto/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Nevertheless, as this young man was in the eye of the law not a man, but a thing, all these superior qualifications were subject to the control of a vulgar, narrow-minded, tyrannical master. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;-- more narrow-minded and selfish. Aurelia could have understood the feeling of a narrow-minded and conventional hen who has brought a strange, intrepid duckling into the world; but her situation was still more wonderful, for she could only compare her sensations to those of some quiet brown Dorking who has brooded an ordinary egg and hatched a bird of paradise. |
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