- Fanatical
- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Fanatical
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FANatical — is a Canadian half hour documentary television series produced by Peace Point Entertainment Group and currently airs on TVtropolis and DejaView. FANatical explores the motivations and activities of people involved with the fandom of various… … Wikipedia
fanatical — I adjective ardent, burning, devoted, dogmatic, enthusiastic, excessive, extreme, fanatic, fanaticus, fervent, immoderate, impassioned, inordinate, obsessed, obsessive, overemotional, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passionate, phrenetic,… … Law dictionary
fanatical — 1540s, from FANATIC (Cf. fanatic) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Fanatically … Etymology dictionary
fanatical — [adj] overenthusiastic biased, bigoted, bugged*, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, high on*, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive,… … New thesaurus
fanatical — [fə nat′i kəl] adj. unreasonably enthusiastic; overly zealous fanatically adv … English World dictionary
fanatical — UK [fəˈnætɪk(ə)l] / US adjective 1) behaving in an unreasonable way as a result of very strong religious or political beliefs fanatical ideologists 2) very enthusiastic about a sport or activity a fanatical football supporter fanatical about: He… … English dictionary
fanatical — fan, fanatic, fanatical Fanatic is common as a noun meaning ‘a person having excessive or misguided enthusiasm for something’; as an adjective it has largely given way to fanatical: • He was a fanatical worker, often doing thirteen or fourteen… … Modern English usage
fanatical — [[t]fənæ̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as fanatical, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme. As a boy he was a fanatical patriot. Derived words: fanatically ADV… … English dictionary
fanatical — adjective 1) they are fanatical about their faith Syn: zealous, extremist, extreme, militant, dogmatic, radical, diehard; intolerant, single minded, blinkered, inflexible, uncompromising, hardcore 2) he was fanatical about tidiness … Thesaurus of popular words
fanatical — adj. Fanatical is used with these nouns: ↑devotion, ↑following, ↑supporter … Collocations dictionary
