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

Students were emboldened to make bigoted statements about immigrants, Muslims and other groups. —Laura Wray-Lake, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025

The priest, Kent, and his deputy find themselves in Anadarko, Okla., where female Marshall Mamie Fossett (Jennifer Carpenter) brings out Kent's bigoted side. —Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025

Russell, our soldier, is accustomed to casual affection between men — hand-holding, cuddling — that Caleb, in the 20th century, finds painfully revealing of queerness, and which might even be dangerous in a bigoted small town. —Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025

The push for restorative justice Leone came to The Sacramento Bee with her story over the summer after the newspaper reported that Luther Burbank High biology teacher Alex Nguyen administered a final exam with bigoted questions to his students. —Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above