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

Kluwe criticized the movement as bigoted and dangerous to the nation’s institutions in a spirited rant likening MAGA to one of history’s darkest political organizations. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025

But Target’s response frustrated some supporters of gay and transgender rights, who said the company caved to bigoted pressure. —Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025

But none of these problems justifies the bigoted fulminations of Donald Trump, who has made DEI into an all-purpose bogeyman. —Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025

Unfortunately, this nuance doesn’t matter to the actual white supremacists and antisemitic extremists whose own bigoted ideas have found mainstream expression thanks to Kanye. —Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above