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
Anthony Trollope
especially
: having or showing an attitude of hatred or intolerance 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
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
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
A. N. Wilson
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most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest
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How long will this continue before reciting bigoted chants and bearing weapons becomes blocking Jews from buildings and harming Israeli students?
—Ellia M Torkian, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
The slogan put the audience in the shoes of a casually bigoted, insubordinate alcoholic who bends the NYPD’s rules in pursuit of drug runners.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
One day, all of these mascots will seem as laughable — and as bigoted — as my mythical rabbi for the Brooklyn Jews.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Kluwe criticized the movement as bigoted and dangerous to the nation’s institutions in a spirited rant likening MAGA to one of history’s darkest political organizations.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ellia M Torkian, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
The slogan put the audience in the shoes of a casually bigoted, insubordinate alcoholic who bends the NYPD’s rules in pursuit of drug runners.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
One day, all of these mascots will seem as laughable — and as bigoted — as my mythical rabbi for the Brooklyn Jews.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Kluwe criticized the movement as bigoted and dangerous to the nation’s institutions in a spirited rant likening MAGA to one of history’s darkest political organizations.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Bigoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigoted. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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