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
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
