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Pronunciation : 'hId-"baund
adj.
1. Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
2. Having abnormally dry, stiff skin that adheres closely to the underlying flesh. Used of domestic animals such as cattle.
3. Having the bark so contracted and unyielding as to hinder growth. Used of trees.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Synonyms
stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
traditionalist
conservative - resistant to change
conventional, set, rigid, narrow, puritan, narrow-minded, strait-laced, brassbound, ultraconservative
Antonym
broad-minded
Collins Essential Thesaurus 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2005, 2006
hidebound
Pronunciation : 'hId-"baund
adj.
1. Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
2. Having abnormally dry, stiff skin that adheres closely to the underlying flesh. Used of domestic animals such as cattle.
3. Having the bark so contracted and unyielding as to hinder growth. Used of trees.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Synonyms
stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
traditionalist
conservative - resistant to change
conventional, set, rigid, narrow, puritan, narrow-minded, strait-laced, brassbound, ultraconservative
Antonym
broad-minded
Collins Essential Thesaurus 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2005, 2006