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 unreasonable dislike or hatred 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 of bigoted

• narrow
• parochial
• provincial
• intolerant
• prejudiced
• illiberal
• narrow-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

In Congo, Tutsis face widespread discrimination and bigoted invective. —Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

Yet again, a spectacular display of deliberate cruelty and organized hatred has damaged our very sense of self and possibility, which had been sustained at least in part by a faith that societies would become less bigoted over time. —Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025

Far-right Christian nationalist and white nationalist accounts flooded his post with bigoted memes and rhetoric. —Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025

Just a few months ago, Carlson himself likened Fuentes to David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader, and accused Fuentes of being part of a campaign to say the most bigoted things possible to make the rest of the right look bad. —Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above