He was hidebound and refused to change his approach.
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Hidebound
Synonyms for "hidebound" (114 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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25 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- мършав adj (of an animal, having skin adhering closely to the ribs and back)
- ограничен adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- тесногръд adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
German
3 entries- borniert adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- engherzig adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- engstirnig adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
Hungarian
4 entries- begyepesedett adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- csökönyös adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- maradi adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- vaskalapos adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
Irish
4 entries- cruachraicneach adj (bound with the hide of an animal)
- cúngintinneach adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- stalcánta adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- stóinsithe adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- fordomsfull adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- forstokket adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- trangskinnet adj (of an animal, having skin adhering closely to the ribs and back)
Portuguese
3 entries- austero adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- cabeça dura adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- intransigente adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
Russian
4 entries- замше́лый adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- косный adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- махровый adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
- фанатичный adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
Turkish
1 entries- dar kafalı adj (stubborn, narrow-minded)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Open the box in which his large hidebound book is kept. The faint smell of manure, over 150 years old, still rises from thick yellowing pages, and you begin to live his life.
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But no matter where their place of residence, they were always accompanied by the hidebound chest that held the family papers.
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Some of the horses were looking hidebound, and I promised the sergeant that I'd buy a couple of hundredweight of linseed for them when I went on leave. Linseed was a cosy idea; it reminded me of peacetime conditions.
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