hidebound

adjintolerant

Word Origin & History

1550s, from hide (n.1) + past tense of bind (v.). Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes" is first recorded c.1600.

Example Sentences for hidebound

I am thankful that Lady Hamilton and I are not hidebound by any such superstitions.

Not depraved, certainly, unless you insist on judging it by a hidebound ethic.

It is more free and easy, not so hidebound and overrun with hypocrisy.

He comes from a part of the country that's not so hidebound by caste as this country.

The Amphibs were, in their way, as hidebound—no pun intended—as the Land-walkers.

In the matter of evening costume, you see, Jeeves is hidebound and reactionary.

Now this young zealot was a man of imagination, hidebound only in his traditions.

But I should be sorry for you to think me hidebound in my prejudices.

The average radical is as hidebound by mere terms as the man devoid of all ideas.

The creation of the Tsar-Mayor shows that the American citizen is not hidebound by prejudice.

Relevance ranks synonyms and suggests the best matches based on how closely a synonym’s sense matches the sense you selected.

Relevance

A-Z

Length

Synonyms for hidebound

adj intolerant

More words related to hidebound

bourgeois

adjective. commonplace

conservative

adjective. cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo

illiberal

adjective. narrow-minded

little

adjective. narrow-minded

narrow

adjective. intolerant, small-minded