[syn: narrow-minded, narrow]
3. rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines;
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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
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