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Word | Pertinacious |
Swedish Meaning | HALSSTARRIG |
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 / stubborn, determined / Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy / stubborn; persistent / holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action. / a: adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design b: perversely persistent / stubbornly tenacious, | |
Usage | ⇒ His style of arguement in meetings is not so aggressive as pertinacious ⇒ She is bound to succeed because her pertinacious nature will not permit her to quit. ⇒ a pertinacious little boy who was determined to catch and collect reptiles ⇒ he worked with a pertinacious resistance to interruptions |
Synonyms | tenacious, dogged, persistent, stubborn, unyielding, obstinate, resolute, firm, determined, headstrong, mulish, inflexible, contumacious, intractable, pigheaded, bullheaded, indefatigable, refractory, steadfast, untiring, |
Antonyms | acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, docile, irresolute, complaisant, flexible, gentle, pliable, pliant, submissive, subservient, tentative, tractable, accepting, accommodating, adjustable, amiable, assenting, |
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