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English translation: narrow-minded

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English term or phrase:narrow
Selected answer:narrow-minded
Entered by: sunny20101211

09:07 Jul 26, 2015
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / The understanding of an word
English term or phrase: narrow
Hello,
Could anyone help me with the word " narrow" in the context, which I think it's confusing. Many thanks in advance.

The context is,

In terms of those five formidable people, they are so narrow and ultra-serious and closed-off they made one desperate.
sunny20101211
China
narrow-minded
Explanation:
they are not willing to listen to or tolerate other people's views
Selected response from:

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 08:48
Grading comment
Thanks


4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5narrow-minded
Catharine Cellier-Smart
4Focused
Terry Richards
4prejudiced, intolerant, illiberal, reactionary, conservative, parochial, provincial, insular, ....
airmailrpl


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
narrow-minded


Explanation:
they are not willing to listen to or tolerate other people's views

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 08:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
11 mins
  -> thanks Tony!
agree  Sheila Wilson
1 hr
  -> thanks Sheila
agree  Charles Davis
2 hrs
  -> thanks Charles
agree  Alok Tiwari
18 hrs
agree  Phong Le
1 day 51 mins
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Focused


Explanation:
More context would help but it could mean that they are focused on just a narrow range of things to the exclusion of all else.

Terry Richards
France
Local time: 06:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
prejudiced, intolerant, illiberal, reactionary, conservative, parochial, provincial, insular, ....


Explanation:
narrow => prejudiced, intolerant, illiberal, reactionary, conservative, parochial, provincial, insular, small-minded, petty, blinkered, inward-looking, narrow, hidebound, bigoted;

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 01:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 88
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