bigoted

adjective

big·​ot·​ed ˈbi-gə-təd 

: blindly devoted to some creed, opinion, or practice

… Mr. Harding himself was not a bigoted man on points of church doctrine …

—Anthony Trollope

especially : having or showing an attitude of hatred or intolerance toward the members of a particular group (such as a racial or ethnic group)

bigoted comments/opinions

… early reports of Haitian and poor black voters turned away from polls by bigoted cops.

—Franklin Foer

… the December press conference at which the famously bigoted and anti-Semitic minister, fresh from a "near-death" bout with prostate cancer, proclaimed himself a changed man.

—Neal Pollack

bigotedly adverb

Whether you are religious, or bigotedly irreligious, or neither, you will find it disturbing in the best possible sense …

—A. N. Wilson

Synonyms

• illiberal
• intolerant
• narrow
• narrow-minded
• prejudiced
• small-minded

Examples of bigoted in a Sentence

most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, the bigoted and ignorant can be so easily misled, by almost nothing. —R. O. Kwon, TIME, 17 May 2024

After listening to Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s bigoted commencement address at Benedictine College, singer Maren Morris has her answer. —Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above