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Narrow-minded or intolerant

Not open to the views or opinions of others

Distasteful, crass or vulgar in nature

Unwilling to spend, give, or share

Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention

Strict or exacting in standards

Favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom

Relating to, or supporting, fascism

Cruel and pitiless

Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something

Easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters

Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes

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Adjective

Narrow-minded or intolerant

“Since our island is in the Auckland City area we get to choose the mayor from among an assortment of National Party have-beens - a liberal one and an illiberal one - and an entrepreneur bent on not upsetting the chicken coop.”

Adjective

Not open to the views or opinions of others

dyed-in-the-wool

unsophisticated

self-centred^UK

racially prejudiced

racially discriminatory

set in one's ways

racially bigoted

self-centered^US

individualistic

ultra-conservative

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Distasteful, crass or vulgar in nature

unsophisticated

low-down-and-dirty

rough and ready

run-of-the-mill

cheap and nasty

near the knuckle

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

uncomplimentary

rough-and-tumble

lowdown and dirty

ill-humoured^UK

like a bull in a china shop

close to the bone

undiscriminating

one-dimensional

in a state of nature

straightforward

anti-intellectual

twopenny-halfpenny

with two left feet

beyond contempt

good-for-naught

good-for-nothing

rough-and-ready

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Adjective

Unwilling to spend, give, or share

money-conscious

self-disciplined

careful with money

energy-efficient

self-abnegating

self-restrained

walking on eggs

on the qui vive

watching one's step

handling with kid gloves

keeping on one's toes

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Adjective

Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

traditionalistic

archconservative

individualistic

dyed-in-the-wool

ultra-conservative

set in your ways

fixed in one's views

set in one's opinions

middle-of-the-road

right of center

backward-looking

stick in the mud

set in one's ways

counter-revolutionary

counterrevolutionary

well-established

long-established

unreconstructed

officially recognized

well established

according to the book

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Adjective

Strict or exacting in standards

self-opinionated

dyed-in-the-wool

not giving an inch

stand one's ground

set in one's ways

bound and determined

incontrovertible

unaccommodating

tough nut to crack

solid as a rock

set in your ways

like death and taxes

set in concrete

carved in stone

hold one's ground

standing one's ground

holding fixed views

sticking to one's guns

through-and-through

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Adjective

Favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom

anti-democratic

unconstitutional

no ifs ands or buts

high and mighty

high-and-mighty

self-opinionated

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

self-congratulatory

self-glorifying

full of oneself

individualistic

too big for your boots

sure of oneself

throwing one's weight about

in driver's seat

throwing weight around

on one's high horse

self-respecting

throwing one's weight around

not backward in coming forward

self-interested

self-preoccupied

self-infatuated

looking after number one

wrapped up in oneself

stuck on oneself

dyed-in-the-wool

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Adjective

Relating to, or supporting, fascism

Adjective

Cruel and pitiless

desensitised^UK

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

having a killer instinct

uncompassionate

with a heart of stone

lacking compassion

as hard as nails

every person for themselves

without sentiment

killer instinct

uncommiserating

self-centred^UK

unimpressionable

self-centered^US

anesthetized^US

anaesthetized^UK

lacking sentiment

with a hide like an elephant

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

toughened by experience

seeking revenge

as tough as old boots

at each other's throats

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Adjective

Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something

over-enthusiastic

like one possessed

beside yourself

fast and furious

not knowing what to do with oneself

out of one's head

out of one's skull

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

hot under the collar

at your wits' end

at the end of your tether

in a cold sweat

hot and bothered

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Adjective

Easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters

schoolmistressy

prim and proper

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

holier-than-thou

goody-two-shoes

politically correct

goody two-shoes

over-particular

difficult to please

impossible to please

well-thought-of

well brought up

highly regarded

overconscientious

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

self-respecting

traditionalistic

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

archconservative

well established

well-established

keeping people at arm's length

according to the book

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Adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes

property-owning

stick-in-the-mud

petit-bourgeois

socially acceptable

behind the times

unsophisticated

undistinguished

no great shakes

common or garden

nothing to write home about

of the old school

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