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Definition: Narrow-minded |
Narrow-mindedAdjective1. Capable of being shocked. 2. Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions". 3. Rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "narrow-minded" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
Synonyms: Narrow-mindedSynonyms: narrow (adj), shockable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: broad-minded (adj), unshockable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imbecility Folly | Narrow-minded; bigoted; (obstinate); giddy; (thoughtless); rash; eccentric; (crazed). |
Incogitancy | Adjective: vacant, unintellectual, unideal, unoccupied, unthinking, inconsiderate, thoughtless, mindless, no-brain, vacuous; absent; (inattentive); diverted; irrational; narrow-minded. |
Misjudgment | Narrow-minded, narrow-souled; mean-spirited; confined, illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete, positive, dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative; opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opini_tre; bigoted; (obstinate); crotchety, fussy, impracticable; unreasonable, stupid; credulous; warped. |
Selfishness | Illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded; mercenary, venal; covetous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Narrow-minded |
| English words defined with "narrow-minded": denominationalism, dogmatically ♦ hidebound ♦ illiberal, illiberally, intolerant, intolerantly ♦ narrow, narrow-mindedly ♦ sectarianism, small-mindedly ♦ traditionalist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "narrow-minded": Jealousy. (references) |
| "Narrow-minded" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Narrow-minded" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 59 | 44,010 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "narrow-minded"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 重视狭窄, 狹 (narrow). (various references) | |
Finnish | ahdasmielinen (strait-laced). (various references) | |
German | engherzig (hidebound, illiberal). (various references) | |
Greek | στενόμυαλος. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szűk látókörű (insular, narrow, niggling), korlátolt (blunt-witted, borne, fatuous, illiberal, limited, narrow minded, obtuse, one track, petty-minded, philistine), kicsinyes (fault-finding, from spite, literal, narrow, narrow minded, out of spite, petty, punctilious, small minded). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 視野の狭い (shortsighted), 小乗的 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうじょうてき, しやのせまい (shortsighted). (various references) | |
Korean | 좁 개의하". (various references) | |
Manx | keyl-aignagh (strait-laced, tight-laced), coon (confined, narrow, poky, strait, tight-fitting). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arrow-mindednay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tacanho de espírito, pobre de espírito, limitado (close, conditioned, confined, cramped, definite, finite, hidebound, limitary, limited, narrow, one-track, parochial, pokey, restricted, scant, shoppy, short, strait, terminable). (various references) | |
Russian | узкий (confined, hidebound, incapacious, insular, narrow, one-idea'd, one-ideaed, slimline, suburban), ограниченный (blinkered, borne, bound, clannish, confined, cramped, finite, groovy, handicapped, hidebound, illiberal, incapacious, limitary, limited, limited to, meager, meagre, narrow, narrow gauge, narrow minded, one track, parochial, qualified, restrained, restricted, scant, scanty, small minded, small-scale), недалекий (bat-eyed, dim witted, half cocked). (various references) | |
Swedish | inskränkt (cramped, hidebound, illiberal, incapacious, insular, limited, narrow minded, one-idea'd, one-ideaed, parochial, stuffy). (various references) | |
Thai | ใจแคบ (hidebound, myopic, small-minded). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhỏ nhen, hẹp hòi (illiberal, insular, small-minded). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti outwV estin to qelhma tou qeou agaqopoiountaV fimoun thn twn afronwn anqrwpwn agnwsian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quia sic est voluntas Dei ut benefacientes obmutescere faciatis inprudentium hominum ignorantiam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For so is the wille of God, that ye do wel, and make the vnkunnyngnesse of vnprudent men to be doumb. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Kay maoy kabubut-on sa Dios nga pinaagi sa pagbuhat ug maayo inyong mapahilum ang pagkawalay alamag sa mga tawong kulangkulang. |
| Croatian | Doista, ovo je Božja volja: da èineæi dobro ušutkate neznanje bezumnika. |
| Danish | Thi således er det Guds Villie, at I ved at gøre det gode skulle bringe de uforstandige Menneskers Vankundighed til at tie; |
| Dutch | Want alzo is het de wil van God, dat gij, weldoende, den mond stopt aan de onwetendheid der dwaze mensen; |
| Finnish | sillä se on Jumalan tahto, että te hyvää tekemällä tukitte suun mielettömäin ihmisten ymmärtämättömyydeltä - |
| French | Car c`est la volonté de Dieu qu`en pratiquant le bien vous réduisiez au silence les hommes ignorants et insensés, |
| German | Denn das ist der Wille Gottes, daß ihr mit Wohltun verstopft die Unwissenheit der törichten Menschen, |
| Haitian Creole | Paske, Bondye vle pou n' fè sa ki byen, pou n' ka fèmen bouch moun sa yo ki pa konn anyen, ki san konprann. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab Allah mau supaya dengan perbuatan-perbuatanmu yang baik kalian menutup mulut orang yang bercakap bodoh. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena begitulah kehendak Allah, supaya dengan perbuatan yang baik kamu mengatupkan mulut kebebalan orang jahil, |
| Italian | Perché questa è la volont di Dio: che, operando il bene, voi chiudiate la bocca all'ignoranza degli stolti. |
| Latvian | Jo tâda ir Dieva griba, lai jûs, labu darot, apklusinâtu neprâtîgu cilvçku nezinâðanu; |
| Maori | Ko ta te Atua hoki tenei i pai ai, kia ai a koutou mahi pai hei puru mo nga mangai kuware o nga tangata whakaarokore: |
| Norwegian | For således er det Guds vilje at I ved å gjøre det gode skal målbinde de uvettige menneskers vankundighet, |
| Portuguese | Porque assim é a vontade de Deus, que, fazendo o bem, façais emudecer a ignorância dos homens insensatos, |
| Shuar | Nekas penker wekaamurmijiai Enentáimcha ainia nu netse chichaamuri itiatmamtikiatarum tusa Yus wakerawai. |
| Spanish | Porque ésta es la voluntad de Dios: que haciendo el bien hagáis callar la ignorancia de los hombres insensatos. |
| Swahili | Maana Mungu anataka mweze kuyakomesha maneno ya kijinga ya watu wasio na akili kwa matendo mema mnayofanya. |
| Uma | Apa' toe-mi konoa Pue', bona ngkai kalompe' po'ingku-ta, tauna to uma mpo'incai Pue', uma-rapa daho' mpobalihi-ta, apa' monoto-mi ka'uma-na makono pebalihi-ra toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Narrow-minded" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: narrowminded. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "narrow-minded" (pronounced 'Nar"row-mind`ed'): Above-cited, Aforecited, Alike-minded, Antimoniureted, armor-plated, Arrowheaded, Arseniureted, Backhanded, baldheaded, Bank-sided, Barefooted, Barehanded, Beetle-headed, black-hearted, Blockheaded, Bluff-headed, Bristle-pointed, Broken-hearted, Broken-winded, Buckler-headed, Buffle-headed, Bullheaded, Carnal-minded, Cataphracted, Chicken-breasted, Chicken-hearted, Chuckleheaded, Clear-headed, Clear-sighted, Cleft-footed, Clodpated, Close-banded, Closefisted, Closehanded, Clubfisted, Clubfooted, Cold-blooded, Cold-hearted, Cool-headed, Cowhearted, Cross-banded, Dead-hearted, Deep-waisted, Fin-footed, flat-footed, Flat-headed, Flint-hearted, Forecited, forehanded, Forequoted. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-m-n-n-o-r-r-w" | |
-2 letters: nonadmirer. | |
-4 letters: airdrome, airwomen, demonian, ironware, marrowed, narrowed, normande, ordained, ordainer, ordinand, radiomen, reordain. | |
-5 letters: adenoid, admired, admirer, adorned, adorner, amidone, andiron, android, aneroid, armoire, armored, arrowed, dandier, dendron, dermoid, diamond, donnerd, dowdier, downier, drained, drainer, drowned, drowner, earworm, inarmed, indowed, indrawn, madrone, mariner, married, miaowed, minored, mirador, moneran, moraine, nardine, radioed, randier. | |
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