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| Main Entry: |
addictive
 [uh-dik-tiv] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | habit-forming |
| Synonyms: | enslaving, hooking, obsessive |
| Main Entry: | fanatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, bugged, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, high on, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, monomaniacal, narrow-minded, nuts for, obsessed, obsessive, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, turned on, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feverish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited, agitated |
| Synonyms: | burning, distracted, fervid, fevered, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, heated, hectic, high-strung, impatient, keyed up, nervous, obsessive, overwrought, passionate, restless |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, content, cool, easy-going, unexcited |
Example Sentences
- The problem is the utterly obsessive reliance on empirical data and nothing else for knowledge.
- The tenure process encourages paranoia and incites obsessive suspicion.
- Some scientists also suspect there might be physiological reasons for obsessive tanning, she said.
| Main Entry: | frenetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | maniacal |
| Synonyms: | corybantic, delirious, demented, distraught, excited, fanatical, frantic, frenzied, furibund, furious, hyper, in a lather, insane, lost it, mad, obsessive, overwrought, phrenetic, rabid, unbalanced, unscrewed, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired |
| Notes: | frantic (from Latin phrenecticus 'frenetic') pertains to a mental state or condition, to a frame of mind, whereas that of frenetic pertains rather to a type of behavior or conduct |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm |
| Main Entry: | haunting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unforgettable |
| Synonyms: | eerie, memorable, nagging, nostalgic, obsessive, ongoing, persistent, recurrent, repeated, spooky |
| Main Entry: | neurotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally maladjusted |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up, hysteric, inhibited, manic, nervous, nervous wreck, obsessive, overwrought, psychoneurotic, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired |
| Antonyms: | adjusted, balanced, sane, stable |
| Main Entry: | egotistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conceited |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, haughty, idiosyncratic, inborn, individualistic, inflated, ingrained, inherent, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, selfless, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | self-involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, haughty, individualistic, inflated, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, wrapped up in oneself |
| Main Entry: | self-seeking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistic |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, haughty, individualistic, inflated, inner-directed, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, obsessive, opinionated, personal, pompous, prideful, proud, puffed up, self-absorbed, self-admiring, self-centered, self-important, self-involved, self-serving, selfish, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, wrapped up in oneself |
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