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fanatical

/fəˈnætɪkəl/

fanatical adjective: having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.

Adjective

fanatical (comparative more fanatical, superlative most fanatical)

  1. Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.
    • fanatical devotion
    • fanatical belief

fanatical meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

fanatical in Tamil

வீரவைணவன், பேரவாவினர், பெரும் பற்றாளர்

fanatical in Malayalam

extremist, zealous, extreme
മതഭ്രാന്തുള്ള, മതഭ്രാന്തുപിടിച്ച, മതാന്ധതയുള്ള, അത്യാവേശമുള്ള, നിഷ്ഠയുള്ള, തീവ്രവാദിയായ
eager, enthusiastic, keen
അത്യുത്സുകതയുള്ള, ഉത്സാഹമുള്ള, ആവേശമുള്ള, ഉത്സുക, ഉത്സാഹക, ആസക്തനായ

Examples of fanatical in a sentence

  • The group was known for its fanatical devotion to its leader.
  • He’s a fanatical supporter of the local football team.

Forms of fanatical

comparativemore fanatical
superlativemost fanatical

Words formed from fanatical

Questions about fanatical

What does fanatical mean?
Fanatical means having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.
What is fanatical in Tamil?
Fanatical in Tamil is வீரவைணவன், பேரவாவினர், பெரும் பற்றாளர். See Fanatical meaning in Tamil.
How do you use fanatical in a sentence?
The group was known for its fanatical devotion to its leader.
What part of speech is fanatical?
Fanatical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fanatical?
Fanatical is pronounced /fəˈnætɪkəl/.

Words near fanatical in the dictionary

  1. fanart
  2. fanartist
  3. fanarts
  4. Fanas
  5. fanatic
  6. fanatical
  7. fanatically
  8. fanaticalness
  9. fanaticisation
  10. fanaticise
  11. fanaticised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanatical (page history and authors); fanatical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fanatical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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