bigoted

[ big-uh-tid ]

adjective

1. utterly intolerant of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.

Other Words From

• bigot·ed·ly adverb
• non·bigot·ed adjective
• non·bigot·ed·ly adverb
• un·bigot·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigoted¹

First recorded in 1635–45; bigot + -ed ³

Synonym Study

See intolerant.

Example Sentences

They pointed to employees who they said had been laid off without clear reasons and unsettling remarks by their then-incoming chief executive George Arison in support of conservative figures who had made bigoted remarks about transgender people.

From Los Angeles Times

Some on the left are trying to compete with MAGA's empty pandering by arguing that real masculinity is rooted in the courage to reject bigoted nonsense.

From Salon

“The end result is the same” — so it shouldn’t matter to us whether Trump becomes president after campaigning with a continuous barrage against immigrants, calling them “vermin,” “stone-cold killers,” and “animals,” while warning against the “bad genes” of immigrants who aren’t white, and raising bigoted alarms about immigration of “blood thirty criminals” who “prey upon innocent American citizens” and will “cut your throat”?

From Salon

All-Star LeBron James recently threw in behind Harris, sharing a video of Trump's most bigoted remarks.

From Salon

Vance has pushed the baseless, racist claim that Haitian immigrants are eating American pets, as well as bigoted, undemocratic ideas about people without children.

From Los Angeles Times

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