Define the word overzealous"Overzealous" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Overzealous \O"ver*zeal"ous\, a.
Too zealous.
[1913 Webster]
"overzealous" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
overzealous
adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a
cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatic, fanatical,
rabid]
"overzealous" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "overzealous":
accident-prone, at fever pitch, balking, balky, bigoted, breakneck,
bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, careless, case-hardened,
delirious, desperate, devil-may-care, dogged, dogmatic,
extravagant, extreme, extremist, fanatic, fanatical, febrile,
feverish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, haggard,
hardheaded, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, hectic,
hotheaded, hurried, hysteric, impetuous, infatuated, inordinate,
insane, intolerant, irrational, mad, mulish, obstinate,
opinionated, overanxious, overdesirous, overdevout, overeager,
overenthusiastic, overreligious, overrighteous, perfervid,
persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, precipitant, precipitate,
precipitous, rabid, reckless, restive, sanctimonious, self-willed,
set, slap-bang, slapdash, stiff-necked, strong-willed,
strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, ultrareligious,
ultrazealous, uncooperative, unreasonable, unregenerate, wanton,
wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, willful, zealotic, zealous
|
