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PERTINACIOUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does pertinacious mean?

• PERTINACIOUS (adjective)
The adjective PERTINACIOUS has 1 sense:

1. stubbornly unyielding

Familiarity information: PERTINACIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERTINACIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Stubbornly unyielding

Synonyms:

dogged; dour; pertinacious; unyielding; tenacious

Context examples:

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 / men tenacious of opinion

Similar:

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

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