Meaning of FANATICAL
| Pronunciation: | | fu'natikul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fanatic, overzealous, passionate, rabid |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fa*nat"ic*al\, a.
Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic.
-{Fa*nat"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fa*nat"ic*al*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, strongheaded, strong-willed, 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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