- engstirnig
- Adj. narrow-minded* * *narrow-minded; hidebound; parochial; insular; illiberal* * *ẹng|stir|nig ['ɛŋʃtIrnɪç]adj(= intolerant) narrow-minded; (= mit begrenztem Horizont) insular; (im politischen Denken) parochial* * *(unwilling to accept ideas different from one's own.) narrow-minded* * *eng·stir·nig[ˈɛŋʃtɪrnɪç]I. adj (pej)▪ jd ist \engstirnig sb is narrow-minded [or insular]▪ es ist \engstirnig, etw zu tun it is narrow-minded to do sthII. adv (pej) narrow-mindedly\engstirnig denken/handeln to think/act in a narrow-minded way [or fashion]* * *1. 2.adverbial
engstirnigstirnig handeln — be narrow-minded in the way one acts
* * *engstirnig adj narrow-minded* * *1.Adjektiv (abwertend) narrow-minded <person>2.adverbialengstirnigstirnig handeln — be narrow-minded in the way one acts
* * *adj.illiberal adj.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.