narrow-minded

3 definitions found

narrow-minded - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Narrow-minded \Nar"row-mind`ed\, a.
     Of narrow mental scope; lacking tolerance or breadth of view;
     illiberal; mean. Opposite of broad-minded, open-minded,
     liberal. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: dogmatic, dogmatical
     ; little, petty, small, small-minded]
  
     Syn: narrowminded, narrow, illiberal, intolerant.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Capable of being shocked by behavior of others. Opposite
        of unshockable. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: shockable.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

narrow-minded - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  narrow-minded
      adj 1: capable of being shocked [syn: shockable, narrow-  minded
             ] [ant: broad-minded, unshockable]
      2: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a
         brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" [syn:
         narrow-minded, narrow] [ant: broad-minded]
      3: rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

narrow-minded - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrow-minded":
     biased, bigoted, conservative, conventional, fundamentalist,
     hidebound, illiberal, intolerant, mean-minded, mean-spirited,
     narrow, narrow-spirited, old-fashioned, old-fogyish, one-sided,
     opinionated, parochial, pettifogging, petty, prejudiced,
     puritanical, reactionary, small-minded, square, stiff-necked,
     strait-laced, stuffy, unprogressive