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hide·bound
 hidebound
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- pronunciation:
- haId
baUnd
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
unyielding in one's stance or opinion.
Making a change was impossible due to our father's hidebound insistence on following tradition.- synonyms:
- inflexible, stubborn, unyielding
- antonyms:
- flexible
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| definition 2: |
extremely conservative, bigoted, or narrow-minded.
He'll never fit in in this hidebound community.- synonyms:
- bigoted, conservative, narrow-minded
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| related words: |
brittle, illiberal, inflexible, puritanical |
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| derivation: |
hideboundness (n.) |
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