Pertinacious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action.
  • adj. Stubbornly or perversely persistent. See Synonyms at obstinate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
  • adj. Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate
  • adj. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Unyielding; persistent; obstinate; especially, resolute, as in holding or adhering to an opinion, purpose, design, course of action, etc.
  • Synonyms Unyielding, dogged: the word is rarely used now except in condemnation. See obstinate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. stubbornly unyielding
    • Equivalent
    obstinate    unregenerate    stubborn   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    constant    obstinate    firm    determined    resolute   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    untiring    indomitable    unrelenting    obdurate    importunate   
     
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