pertinacious[adjective]Synonyms: obstinate, bullheaded, headstrong, mulish, perverse, refractory, self-willed, stubborn, willful, unyielding
Related Words: fixed,
unshakable,
dogged,
tenacious [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
per‧ti‧na‧cious /ˌpɜːtəˈneɪʃəs◂, ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs◂ $ ˌpɜːr-/
adjective formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: pertinax, from tenax; ⇒ tenacious]
continuing to believe something or to do something in a very determined way
Synonym : tenacious—pertinaciously adverb—pertinacity /-ˈnæsəti, -ˈnæsɪti/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲