pertinacious

Letters that make pertinacious

s, a, o, e, n, p, c, r, t, i, u are letters that make 'pertinacious'

Words within pertinacious

ER, pe, ti, CIO, NAC, AC, IOU, Ci, ci, pert, in, tin, US, IN, Io, Ac, Er, In, Na, Ti, ERT are words within 'pertinacious'


1 possible definitions for 'pertinacious'

Pertinacious as "stubbornly unyielding"

Under this definition, pertinacious is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

persistent, dour, unyielding, dogged, tenacious have the same meaning as 'pertinacious'

Derivatives of pertinacious

adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness, doggedness, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity, perseverance, persistence are derivatives of 'pertinacious'.

Similar to pertinacious

stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate are similar to 'pertinacious'.

Example of pertinacious used within this context

"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"



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