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Hidebound

Hidebound Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hidebound? [adj] stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hidebound: conservative \| traditionalist Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hidebound: authoritarian \| bigot \| bigoted \| borne \| censorious \| closed \| conservative \| constricted \| conventional \| cramped \| creedbound \| deaf \| deaf to reason \| demure \| dogmatic \| dour \| evangelical \| fanatical \| firm \| fundamentalist \| hard \| hyperorthodox \| illiberal \| impliable \| inexorable \| inflexible \| insular \| intolerant \| intractable \| iron \| ironbound \| ironclad \| ironhanded \| literalist \| literalistic \| little \| little-minded \| mean \| mean-minded \| mean-spirited \| mid-Victorian \| muscle-bound \| narrow \| narrow-hearted \| narrow-minded \| narrow-souled \| narrow-spirited \| nearsighted \| obdurate \| obstinate \| old-maidish \| orthodox \| overmodest \| parochial \| petty \| precisianist \| precisianistic \| priggish \| prim \| procrustean \| provincial \| prudish \| purblind \| purist \| puristic \| puritan \| puritanic \| puritanical \| Quakerish \| reactionary \| relentless \| restricted \| rigid \| rigorist \| rigoristic \| rigorous \| rockbound \| Sabbatarian \| sanctimonious \| shortsighted \| small \| small-minded \| smug \| staunch \| stiff \| stiff-necked \| straightlaced \| straitlaced \| strait-laced \| strict \| stubborn \| stuffy \| unbending \| uncatholic \| uncharitable \| uncompromising \| ungenerous \| unliberal \| unrelenting \| unyielding \| Victorian See Also \| Hidebound In Webster's Dictionary \Hide"bound`\, a. 1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal. 2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. --Bacon. 3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. --Milton. Carlyle. 4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] --Quarles.

Hidebound Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hidebound?

[adj] stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hidebound: conservative | traditionalist

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Hidebound In Webster's Dictionary

\Hide"bound`\, a.
1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back
   as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an
   animal.

2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it
   impedes the growth; -- said of trees. --Bacon.

3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly
   conservative. --Milton. Carlyle.

4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] --Quarles.

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