bigoted

adjective

ˈbi-gə-təd How to pronounce bigoted (audio)
Definition of bigotednext
as in narrow
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest

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Recent Examples of bigoted The latter accidentally does happen, which leads to power struggles between the bigoted jerk and our trio of heroines. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The league is clearly consumed by athletes with bigoted, demeaning views of white women. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The president himself frequently rails against transgender people in his public remarks and executive orders, spreading falsehoods and using bigoted language. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 Carroll O'Connor played the cantankerous antihero Archie Bunker, legendary for firing off his grumpy, bigoted views. — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bigoted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigoted
  1. narrow
  2. parochial
  3. provincial
  4. intolerant
  5. prejudiced
  6. illiberal
  7. narrow-minded
Adjective
  • Those qualities are attractive, but concentrating exclusively on them directs many investors toward the same narrow set of service companies.
    — Chris Russo, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The winning architecture is a stack of narrow intelligences pointed at what each one is good at, coordinated through a harness that knows which one to use when.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of narrow
Adjective
  • Cooke’s more convincing charge is that Deletionism has kept Wikipedia parochial.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For Bourne, newspapers, besides giving information, encourage an acceptance of non-parochial views.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of parochial
Adjective
  • In the Conference League, high-scoring Brighton is at Czech provincial side Jablonec.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The same went for the large bookshops in many provincial towns.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of provincial
Adjective
  • Law student Gemma Jay (Abbie Hern), recruited by the nonsense-intolerant Coach Alice Chilton (Tanya Reynolds), also joins the squad.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The association naturally angered the intolerant left, including one X user whose response has since gone viral.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of intolerant
Adjective
  • Especially the theatre world with its prejudiced, grandiose characters.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The prosecution of Ebel and Diestel was as prejudiced as such things typically are.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of prejudiced
Adjective
  • His victory gives Hungary the opportunity to close the book on this illiberal period of its history, having proved that the people and institutions, the rule of law and democracy, are more powerful than one man.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Every single tactic used against Brazil, Canada, or Denmark has also been deployed elsewhere—not to support democracy, not to build American prosperity, but to spread the illiberal revolution and make money for the predators who support it.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of illiberal
Adjective
  • Now, our narrow-minded and hard-hearted lawmakers and education overseers do not want undocumented students in Florida to get a college education.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Debbie Duncan, director of talent acquisition at Northwestern Mutual, says one of the biggest mistakes new graduates can make is being narrow-minded with their job search.
    — Courtney Connley-Hampton, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Definition of narrow-minded

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