Hidebound

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
  • adj. Having abnormally dry, stiff skin that adheres closely to the underlying flesh. Used of domestic animals such as cattle.
  • adj. Having the bark so contracted and unyielding as to hinder growth. Used of trees.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Bound with the hide of an animal.
  • adj. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised.
  • adj. Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
  • adj. Stubborn; narrow-minded.
  • adj. Niggardly; penurious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
  • adj. Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.
  • adj. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
  • adj. Niggardly; penurious.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bound tightly by the hide, as an animal, or by the bark, as a tree: said of a horse, etc., when, from emaciation or other cause, the hide on its back or ribs cannot be loosened or raised in folds with the fingers; of a tree or a root, when the bark is so close or unyielding as to impede its growth.
  • Hence Obstinately set in opinion or purpose; narrow-minded; bigoted; stubborn; unyielding: as, a hidebound partizan.
  • Shut tightly; closed fast; hence, closefisted; stingy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
    • Equivalent
    conservative   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    untractable    bigoted    niggardly    penurious    narrow   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nasty-minded    inauthentic    blue-covered    disputatious    uncatholic   
     
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