Narrow-minded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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