Fanatical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fanatical
       adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a
             cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: {fanatic}, {overzealous},
              {rabid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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