All pertinacious synonyms
per·ti·na·cious
P p noun pertinacious
- obstinateness — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- hardheadedness — The characteristic of being hardheaded.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
adj pertinacious
- incompliant — not compliant; unyielding.
- in-compliant — not compliant; unyielding.
- grinder — a person or thing that grinds.
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indomitable — that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
- deaf — Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well.
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- hardheaded — not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
- hellbent — stubbornly or recklessly determined.
- bulldogged — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- go-go — ALPS
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- diligent — constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- dogged — doggoned; damned; confounded: Well, I'll be dogged!
- hardcore — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hyper — overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- gogo — à gogo.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- mule — a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
- importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
adjective pertinacious
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- waspy — Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
- immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
- neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- opinionative — of, relating to, or of the nature of opinion.
- willful — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.