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Meanings of fanatical in English

Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.

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Examples for "fanatic"
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You see, I was no longer a pro; I was a fanatic.
Talk of the town
2
In religion he was a fanatic; he was a demented fanatic now.
The Right of Way — Volume 02
3
That's exactly what New York collector and Ferrari fanatic Peter Kalikow did.
Wired
4
The guiding spirit of that group was a fanatic of social revolution.
A Set of Six
5
By any reasonable definition of the word, that made him a fanatic.
The Irish Times
1
I don't see you as a rabid socialist by nature, Daniel said.
For the love of mike
2
When did you stop paying as rabid attention as you used to?
Ebony
3
I warned him about rabid coons, but he ignored me, of course.
The flock
4
A woman was addressing the rabid conspirators in tones of deadly earnestness.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
5
Bannon was viewed as the administration's conduit to Trump's rabid political base.
Reuters
1
They're stylists known for being overzealous with chemicals, hot combs and shears.
Ebony
2
Not very long since he had missed a promotion by being overzealous.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
3
The nife commander, fresh from the cocoon, was overconfident, overzealous and talkative.
Mech
4
It might have been put in there by an overzealous spam filter.
BBC
5
One mistake, one overzealous stroke, would render it useless as a spearhead.
The Mantooth
Usage of fanatical in English
1
Some fanatical antigay group that decided to make an example of him?
Mortal Allies
2
Along the route, she was captured by fanatical great cats of Olborn.
Quest for the well of souls
3
But the fanatical core of any group in society is, well, fanatical.
The Irish Times
4
The Syrian army is as fanatical as the hordes of the Mahdi.
Greenmantle
5
Rose is a very efficient worker and quite fanatical about her baby.
The new yorker
6
That was a short-sighted view, his father contradicted, that was practically fanatical.
Melnitz
7
No time was lost in sending an army against the fanatical Arabs.
A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the...
8
By this godless and fanatical imagination they bury the benefit of Christ.
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
9
A strong-almostfanatical-religiousspirit animated the greater number of the Sassanian monarchs.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7: ...
10
Argentina's fanatical support is one of the glories of any World Cup.
The Irish Times
11
Philip was fanatical up to the point where fanaticism borders upon hypocrisy.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
12
I love my art, but I am not fanatical on the subject.
Europe Revised
13
Sire, I am the anguish-stricken, tortured, fanatical priestess of the same faith.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
14
They seemed to me to have an almost fanatical horror of forms.
The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V...
15
In both conflicts, Cyril of Alexandria is portrayed as a fanatical rabble-rouser.
The Irish Times
16
He was seized with a fanatical longing to make her a mother.
Married
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