Dictionary

narrow-minded en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌnæ.ɹəʊˈmaɪn.dɪd/
• /ˈnæ.ɹəʊˌmaɪn.dɪd/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌnæ.ɹəʊˈmaɪn.dəd/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈnæ.ɹəʊˌmaɪn.dəd/ weak vowel merger

Etymology

From narrow + minded.

Meanings

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, [...]. 1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 362:
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. 1987 December 27, Vernon Maulsby, “Our Humanity Remains”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 4:

Forms

Antonyms

broad-minded

Deriveds

narrow-mindedly · narrow-mindedness

Synonyms

hidebound · illiberal · close-minded · intolerant · parochial · myopic · blinkered · provincial · bigoted · short-sighted · prejudiced · insular · closed-minded · thin-minded · strait-laced

Translations (82)

tl alimbuyugin (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · hsb wuskomyslny (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ru с предрассу́дками (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · ro minte îngustă (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · es cuadriculado (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · da indskrænket (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · be вузкалобы (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · ru предвзя́тый (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · no innskrenket (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · hu korlátolt (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · cs úzkoprsý (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · es de mente cuadriculada (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · be невялікага розуму (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · da snæversynet (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · sv trångsynt (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ja 狭量な (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · hu szűk látókörű (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · no trangsynt (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ja 偏狭な (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · sv intolerant (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · sv enkelspårig (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ru твердоло́бый (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · be вузкалобы (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · cmn 偏執 /偏执 (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · nl enggeestig (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · no trangsynt (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · fi ahdaskatseinen (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · de engstirnig (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · de engstirnig (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · no bornert (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · sv trångsinnad (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · fo grunnskygdur (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · es carcunda (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · gd cumhang (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · be недалёкі (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · pt mesquinho (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · da fordomsfuld (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · ro gândire înapoiată (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · he צר אופק (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · sv trångsynt (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · fr têtu (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · az dardüşüncəli (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · uk вузьколо́бий (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · fr borné (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · be абмежаваны (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · de beschränkt (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · fo trongskygdur (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · fr étroit d'esprit (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · es estrecho de miras (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ja 狭量な (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · da snæversynet (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · nl kleingeestig (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ru узколо́бый (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · no innskrenket (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · gd cumhang (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · fi ahdashenkinen (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · be цвердалобы (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ja 偏狭な (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · no bornert (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · fo smáligur (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · cmn 狹隘 /狭隘 (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · sv stelbent (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · nl bekrompen (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · fr intolérant (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · pl ograniczony (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · da intolerant (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · fi ahdasmielinen (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · pl ciasny (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ru ограни́ченный (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · ru недалёкий (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · it ristretto (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · hu bornírt (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · cy culni (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · tl may-isip-ipit (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · sv fördomsfull (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · cmn 偏狹 /偏狭 (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · be прадузяты (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · ru узколо́бый (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · mk тесноград (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · de kleingeistig (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas) · es carca (intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced) · fo smásinnaður (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas)