overzealous

overzealous
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Overzealous — O ver*zeal ous, a. Too zealous. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overzealous — index extreme (exaggerated), fanatical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overzealous — (adj.) 1630s, from OVER (Cf. over) + ZEALOUS (Cf. zealous). Related: Overzealously; overzealousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • overzealous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ overly enthusiastic or energetic …   English terms dictionary

  • overzealous — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • overzealous — overzealously, adv. overzealousness, n. /oh veuhr zel euhs/, adj. too zealous: overzealous for reform. [1625 35; OVER + ZEALOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • overzealous — adjective Too zealous; too enthusiastic, determined; too fervent. With his overzealous attempts to impress, he only managed to annoy her …   Wiktionary

  • overzealous — o|ver|zeal|ous [ˌəuvəˈzeləs US ˌouvər ] adj too eager about something you believe in strongly ▪ overzealous fans …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • overzealous — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. overeager, carrying a good thing too far, bossy; see enthusiastic 1 , 2 , 3 …   English dictionary for students

  • overzealous — adj. excessively zealous; overly ardent or passionate …   English contemporary dictionary

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