They are fanatical in their beliefs.
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Fanatical
//fəˈnætɪkəl//
Synonyms for "fanatical" (154 found)
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overeageroverenthusiasticoverreligiousoverrighteousparochialpassionateperfervidperseveringpertinaciouspettyphreneticpigheadedprovincialpurblindrabidradicalred-hotrestivesanctimoniousscorchingsectarianself-willedsetshortsightedsmallsmall mindedsmall-mindedstiff-neckedstraitlacedstrong-willedstrongheadedstubbornstuffysulkysullentenacioustotally committedultrareligiousultrazealousuncatholicuncharitableuncooperativeungenerousunliberalunreasonableunregeneratewhite-hotwildwild-eyedwild-lookingwillfulzealoticzealous
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- fanàtic adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Czech
1 entries- fanatický adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Esperanto
1 entries- fanatikeca adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Finnish
3 entries- fanaattinen adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
- kiihkeä adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
- kiihkomielinen adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
French
1 entries- fanatique adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Galician
1 entries- fanático adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
German
1 entries- fanatisch adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Greek
1 entries- φανατικός adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Hungarian
1 entries- fanatikus adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Italian
1 entries- fanatico adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Māori
1 entries- whiwhita adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- fanatisch adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Polish
1 entries- fanatyczny adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Portuguese
1 entries- fanático adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Russian
1 entries- фанатичный adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Spanish
4 entries- fanático adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
- fiebrudo adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
- fiebrú adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
- fiebrúa adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Swedish
1 entries- fanatisk adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Turkish
2 entries- bağnaz adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
- fanatik adj (having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
She was very fanatical about religion.
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Tom is fanatical.
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Layla was fanatical about the Spice Girls.
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