| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Showing or having enthusiasm: ardent, enthusiastic, fervent, keen1, mad, warm, zealous. Informal : crazy. Slang : gung ho, nuts. See CONCERN. 2. Holding especially political views that deviate drastically and fundamentally from conventional or traditional beliefs: extreme, extremist, fanatic, fanatical, radical, revolutionary, ultra. Slang : far-out. See CONCERN, EDGE, POLITICS. 3. Full of or marked by extreme anger: furious, irate, ireful, wrathful. Idioms: fit to be tied, foaming at the mouth, in a rage (or temper) , in a towering rage. See FEELINGS.
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