Define the word fanatical"Fanatical" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Fanatical \Fa*nat"ic*al\, a.
Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic.
-Fa*nat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Fa*nat"ic*al*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
"fanatical" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
fanatical
adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a
cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatic, overzealous,
rabid]
"fanatical" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "fanatical":
agog, ardent, at fever pitch, authoritarian, balking, balky, bigot,
bigoted, borne, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, burning,
case-hardened, closed, compulsive, constricted, cramped,
creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason, delirious, distracted, dogged,
dogmatic, enthusiastic, excessive, extravagant, extreme, extremist,
fanatic, febrile, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming,
frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, haggard, hard-core,
hardheaded, headstrong, heated, hectic, hidebound, hot, hotheaded,
hysteric, illiberal, immoderate, infatuated, inflamed, inordinate,
insane, insular, intolerant, irrational, little, little-minded,
mad, madcap, maniacal, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited,
monomaniacal, mulish, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded,
narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, obsessive, obstinate,
opinionated, overanxious, overdesirous, overdevout, overeager,
overenthusiastic, overreligious, overrighteous, overzealous,
parochial, passionate, perfervid, persevering, pertinacious, petty,
pigheaded, provincial, purblind, rabid, red-hot, restive,
sanctimonious, scorching, self-willed, set, shortsighted, small,
small-minded, stiff-necked, straitlaced, strong-willed,
strongheaded, stubborn, stuffy, sulky, sullen, tenacious,
totally committed, ultrareligious, ultrazealous, uncatholic,
uncharitable, uncooperative, ungenerous, unliberal, unreasonable,
unregenerate, white-hot, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, willful,
zealotic, zealous
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