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

The impatience with council meetings is not limited to bigoted remarks during the public comment period. —David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024

At the same time, his erratic and occasionally bigoted behavior has created significant turbulence for his various companies, threatening both their corporate reputations and financial bottom lines. —Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 7 June 2024

The mutant Bishop is sent back in time to stop a member of the X-Men from assassinating the bigoted zealot Senator Kelly. —Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024

Although the media has paid much attention to the fiery, bigoted rhetoric of Ma Ba Tha’s senior monks toward Muslims, less has been said of their possible ulterior motives, such as driving down Suu Kyi’s popular support. —Francis Wade, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2015

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above