About The Word Pertinacious
Learn about the word Pertinacious to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Pertinacious definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Pertinacious
| Pertinacious Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Pertinacious?
[adj] stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pertinacious: bulldog | dogged | dour | stubborn | tenacious | unyielding Related Terms | Find terms related to Pertinacious: assiduous | balking | balky | bigoted | bulldogged | bulldoggish | bulletheaded | bullheaded | case-hardened | clamant | clamorous | constant | continuing | crying | demanding | diligent | dogged | dogmatic | draining | enduring | exacting | exigent | exorbitant | extortionate | faithful | fanatic | fixed | game | gamy | grasping | gritty | gutsy | gutty | hardheaded | headstrong | immutable | importunate | inalterable | indefatigable | indomitable | industrious | insistent | instant | intolerant | invincible | lasting | loud | loyal | mettlesome | mulish | nervy | never-tiring | obstinate | opinionated | overzealous | patient | patient as Job | permanent | perseverant | persevering | persistent | persisting | perverse | pigheaded | plodding | plucky | plugging | preoccupied | pressing | rapt | red-blooded | refractory | relentless | resolute | restive | sedulous | self-willed | set | single-minded | sleepless | slogging | spirited | spiritful | spunky | stable | steadfast | steady | stiff-necked | strongheaded | strong-willed | stubborn | sulky | sullen | taxing | tenacious | tireless | tough | unabating | unconquerable | uncooperative | undaunted | undiscouraged | undrooping | unfailing | unfaltering | unflagging | unflinching | unintermitting | uninterrupted | unnodding | unregenerate | unrelaxing | unrelenting | unremitting | unshakable | unsleeping | unswerving | untiring | unwavering | unwearied | unwearying | unwinking | unyielding | urgent | utterly attentive | weariless | willful See Also | Pertinacious In Webster's Dictionary \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 beggar.
2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady. --
{Per`ti*na"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Per`ti*na"cious*ness}, n.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Marang ‐ tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds…
- Point in time ‐ a very short period of time; "at that point I had…
- Touchstone ‐ a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other…
- Systems program ‐ a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program)…
- Purplish blue ‐ a shade of blue tinged…
- Up on(p) ‐ being up to particular standard or level especially in being…
- Flagitious ‐ shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a…
- Flesh ‐ alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied…
- Bramley's seedling ‐ very large…
- Arraign ‐ accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy [v] call before a court to…