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narrow-minded

narrow-minded

See also: narrowminded and narrow minded

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

narrow-minded ‎(comparative more narrow-minded, superlative most narrow-minded)

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

Synonyms

strait-laced

Antonyms

broad-minded

Translations

having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas

Czech: úzkoprsý m
Dutch: bekrompen (nl)
Finnish: ahdasmielinen (fi), ahdashenkinen
French: têtu (fr)
German: engstirnig (de)
Hebrew: צר אופק m ‎(tzar ofek)
Italian: ristretto (it) m
Japanese: 偏狭な ‎(henkyō na), 狭量な (ja) ‎(kyōryō na)

Norwegian: bornert (no), innskrenket, trangsynt
Portuguese: tacanho (pt)
Russian: ограни́ченный (ru) ‎(ograníčennyj), недалёкий (ru) ‎(nedaljókij), твердоло́бый (ru) ‎(tverdolóbyj), узколо́бый (ru) ‎(uzkolóbyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cumhang
Swedish: trångsynt (sv), trångsinnad, enkelspårig, stelbent (sv)
Tagalog: alimbuyugin, may-isip-ipit
Welsh: culni (cy) m

intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced

Finnish: ahdaskatseinen
German: engstirnig (de)
Japanese: 偏狭な ‎(henkyō na), 狭量な (ja) ‎(kyōryō na)

Norwegian: bornert (no), innskrenket, trangsynt
Russian: с предрассу́дками ‎(s predrassúdkami), предвзя́тый (ru) ‎(predvzjátyj), узколо́бый (ru) ‎(uzkolóbyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cumhang
Swedish: trångsynt (sv), intolerant (sv), fördomsfull (sv)