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
Examples of bigoted in a Sentence
most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest
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Immortality offers a liberation that the Jim Crow-era South doesn’t, both for the Black characters and even the white ones, whose bigoted special status winds up narrowing their options.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
As the series progresses, Hampton isn’t framed as a Black man cast aside by a bigoted society or a poor man whose only chance at the good life requires a bit of bad behavior.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
Over that same weekend, residents in Beverly Hills were targeted with bigoted fliers promoting hate speech and antisemitic propaganda.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
There is perhaps no one with direct access to the president who has been as outwardly and vociferously racist and bigoted.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
As the series progresses, Hampton isn’t framed as a Black man cast aside by a bigoted society or a poor man whose only chance at the good life requires a bit of bad behavior.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
Over that same weekend, residents in Beverly Hills were targeted with bigoted fliers promoting hate speech and antisemitic propaganda.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
There is perhaps no one with direct access to the president who has been as outwardly and vociferously racist and bigoted.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Bigoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigoted. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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