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fanatical Definition

fa·nati·cal (-i kəl)

adjective

unreasonably enthusiastic; overly zealous

fanatical Related Forms
fa·nati·cally adverb
fanatical Synonyms

fanatical

modif.

fanatical Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • cricket: Outside of school, however, children are still fanatical about cricket and football, making the most of what facilities they can.
  • food: At Suzanne James Ltd we are fanatical about food.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • sound: It sounds a bit fanatical, doesn't it?

Modifies a noun

  • support&#8482: Fanatical Support™ is our driving force - our customers have experienced 100 % uptime in the past year.
  • devotion: Our two chief competitive advantages are surprise, innovation and an almost fanatical devotion to our users.
  • zeal: Indeed, they were considered its best grounds; and the lawyers defended them with fanatical zeal.
  • sect: Its the world leaders and their governments closely followed by any fanatical religious sect and, that can be any of them.
  • obsession: Because they're not allowed to travel into the West it becomes an almost fanatical obsession to do it.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: However, the Germans faced an almost fanatical enemy, willing to defend at all costs.
  • even: The range was immense - a reflection of the passionate, even fanatical, interest of the Hillier family in hardy plants.
  • so: Is Tony Blair so fanatical as not to listen to their voice?
  • not: Like most Aussies he likes sunshine and sport - although he's not fanatical about either.
  • religiously: Jed, pitted against a religiously fanatical backdrop appears two dimensional.
  • equally: Several other equally fanatical insurrections had to be put down by military force.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The bloke has become fanatical, perhaps spiteful, or is just stupid.
  • seem: I kind of thought it would be like that - the Spaniards seem well fanatical.

Browse dictionary entries near fanatical

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  10. famously
  1. fanaticism
  2. fanaticize
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  9. fancy-free
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