pertinacious

pertinacious
I adjective adamant, adhering to a purpose, assidous, bent, bullheaded, certain, continuing, decided, determined, diligent, dogged, earnest, enduring, exhibiting purpose, faithful, firm, hard to get rid of, headstrong, holding to a purpose, immovable, immutable, implacable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intent, intractable, inveterate, mulish, never-tiring, never-wearying, obdurate, obstinate, obstinatus, painstaking, patient, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinax, pervicacious, pervicax, pigheaded, plodding, purposeful, relentless, resolute, resolved, rigid, sedulous, self-willed, serious, set, single-minded, stalwart, stanch, steadfast, steady, strong-willed, stubborn, sure, tough, unbending, uncompromising, undaunted, undeviating, undistracted, undoubting, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unmovable, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unshakable, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearying, unyielding, willful, zealous II index diligent, faithful (diligent), inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intractable, obdurate, patient, persistent, purposeful, relentless, resolute, sedulous, steadfast, unrelenting, unremitting, unyielding

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  • Pertinacious — Per ti*na cious, a. [L. pertinax, acis; per + tenax tenacious. See {Per }, and {Tenacious}.] 1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pertinacious — 1620s, from L. pertinaci , stem of pertinax (see PERTINACITY (Cf. pertinacity)). Related: Pertinaciously …   Etymology dictionary

  • pertinacious — *obstinate, stubborn, dogged, mulish, stiff necked, pigheaded, bullheaded Analogous words: tenacious, tough, stout, sturdy, *strong: persistent, persevering (see corresponding verbs at PERSEVERE): resolute, steadfast, staunch (see FAITHFUL):… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pertinacious — ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ stubborn; persistent. DERIVATIVES pertinaciously adverb pertinacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin pertinax holding fast …   English terms dictionary

  • pertinacious — [pʉrt΄ n ā′shəs] adj. [< L pertinax (gen. pertinacis), firm < per , intens. + tenax, holding fast < tenere, to hold: see THIN] 1. holding firmly to some purpose, belief, or action, often stubbornly or obstinately 2. hard to get rid of;… …   English World dictionary

  • pertinacious — pertinaciously, adv. pertinaciousness, n. /perr tn ay sheuhs/, adj. 1. holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute. 2. stubborn or obstinate. 3. extremely or objectionably persistent: a pertinacious salesman from whom …   Universalium

  • pertinacious — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)tɪne͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is pertinacious continues trying to do something difficult rather than giving up quickly. [FORMAL] Syn: persistent, tenacious …   English dictionary

  • pertinacious — adjective, formal they were quite pertinacious in their demands Syn: determined, tenacious, persistent, persevering, purposeful, resolute, dogged, indefatigable, insistent, single minded, unrelenting, relentless, tireless, unshakable; stubborn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • pertinacious — /pɜtəˈneɪʃəs / (say pertuh nayshuhs) adjective 1. holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion. 2. extremely persistent: pertinacious efforts. {Latin pertinācia stubbornness + ous} –pertinaciously, adverb –pertinaciousness, noun …  

  • pertinacious — adjective Etymology: Latin pertinac , pertinax, from per thoroughly + tenac , tenax tenacious, from tenēre Date: 1626 1. a. adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design b. perversely persistent 2. stubbornly unyielding or tenacious… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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