| Main Entry: | addictive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | habit-forming |
Synonyms: |
enslaving, hooking, obsessive |
| Main Entry: | egotistic/egoistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking very highly of oneself |
Synonyms: |
affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, bragging, conceited, egocentric, egomaniacal, 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, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious |
Antonyms: |
altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, selfless, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |