hidebound
hidebound
Definition
hide·bound (hīd′bo̵und′)
adjective
- having the hide tight over the bone and muscle structure of the body, as an emaciated cow
- obstinately conservative and narrow-minded
hidebound
Synonyms
hidebound
modif.
hidebound
Usage Examples
Preposition: by
- bureaucracy: Instead it has been hidebound by bureaucracy " according to the authors of the report.
- convention: It has been argued somewhat convincingly that Radio Drama tended to be hidebound by the conventions and codes of conventional theater and dramatic narrative.
- thinking: We won't be hidebound by such outdated thinking.
Modifies a noun
- convention: Politically it would be an anarchic, upbeat intervention in the more hidebound conventions of the political conference.
Modifying Another Word
Browse dictionary entries near hidebound
- hideaway
- hide-out
- hide one's head
- hide-and-seek
- hide
- hiddenite
- hidden tax
- hidden load
- hidden defect
- hidden
