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pertinacious
a. 执拗的,顽固的,顽强的 执拗的,顽固的,顽强的 pertinacious adj 1: 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" [ synonym: { dogged}, { dour}, { persistent}, { pertinacious}, { tenacious}, { unyielding}] Pertinacious \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady. [ 1913 Webster] Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious study. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute; determined; firm; constant; steady. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Per` ti* na" cious* ly}, adv. -- { Per` ti* na" cious* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 127 Moby Thesaurus words for " 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, strong- willed, strongheaded, 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
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