narrow-minded

Collocations

4

ADJ.

interesting, little

VERB + NARROW-MINDED

condemn, don't, let, says, seems, stop, think, voices

NARROW-MINDED + NOUN

disavow, ideas, man, people

ADV.

extremely, only, quite, really

Definitions

adj

1

Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.

Even Mr. Wilson's speech, excellent as it was, could only condemn the Government's narrow-minded approach for the reasons we have outlined, [...].

2

Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced.

What GCN has done for prisoners is an act of love, all the more precious because it's done despite the many voices of the narrow-minded who refuse to admit that our humanity remains, even past the prison gates.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

narrow

adjective — capable of being shocked

shockable

Antonyms

broad-minded
unshockable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Even Mr. Wilson's speech, excellent as it was, could only condemn the Government's narrow-minded approach for the reasons we have outlined, [...].

Wiktionary

02

What GCN has done for prisoners is an act of love, all the more precious because it's done despite the many voices of the narrow-minded who refuse to admit that our humanity remains, even past the pri

Wiktionary

03

Don't be so narrow-minded!

Tatoeba · #980665

04

Only a narrow-minded man can disavow his native language absorbed with his mother's milk.

Tatoeba · #2840134

05

I think Tom is narrow-minded.

Tatoeba · #3184335

06

I don't think I'm narrow-minded.

Tatoeba · #3330307