overzealous as an adjective: - 1
overzealous
adjective
1 overzealous
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
synonyms: fanatic, fanatical, rabid.
Roget 825:
excitable,
easily excited,
in an excitable state;
high-strung;
irritable
etc.
(irascible)
901;
impatient,
intolerant.
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical;
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed.
unquiet,
mercurial,
electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried,
restless,
fidgety,
fussy;
chafing
etc.
v..
startlish†,
mettlesome,
high-mettled†,
skittish.
vehement,
demonstrative,
violent,
wild,
furious,
fierce,
fiery,
hot-headed,
madcap.
overzealous,
enthusiastic,
impassioned,
fanatical;
rabid
etc.
(eager)
865.
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary†,
boisterous.
impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate;
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable;
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless†,
inextinguishable,
burning,
simmering,
volcanic,
ready to burst forth,
volatile.
excited,
exciting
etc.
824.
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Polish: fanatyczny, nawiedzony
Moby thesaurus: accident-prone, at fever pitch, balking, balky, bigoted, breakneck, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, careless, case-hardened, delirious, desperate, devil-may-care, dogged, dogmatic, extravagant, extreme, extremist, fanatic, fanatical, febrile, feverish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, haggard, hardheaded, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, hectic, hotheaded, hurried, hysteric, impetuous, infatuated, inordinate, insane, intolerant, irrational, mad, mulish, obstinate, opinionated, overanxious, overdesirous, overdevout, overeager, overenthusiastic, overreligious, overrighteous, perfervid, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rabid, reckless, restive, sanctimonious, self-willed, set, slap-bang, slapdash, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, ultrareligious, ultrazealous, uncooperative, unreasonable, unregenerate, wanton, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, willful, zealotic, zealous ... show more.
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