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
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“Bigoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigoted. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.
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