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English

Pronunciation


Adjective

  1. clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
  2. unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
  3. holding together; cohesive
  4. having a good memory; retentive


Translations

es:tenacious fr:tenacious io:tenacious ta:tenacious te:tenacious vi:tenacious zh:tenacious

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tenacious \Te*na"cious\, a. [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to
hold. See Tenable, and cf. Tenace.]
1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain
what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just
rights.
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2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
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3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough;
as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than
oil. --Sir I. Newton.
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4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous;
sticking; adhesive. "Female feet, too weak to struggle
with tenacious clay." --Cowper.
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5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth.
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6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate;
stubborn.
[1913 Webster] -- Te*na"cious*ly, adv. --
Te*na"cious*ness, n.
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WordNet tenacious
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" [syn: bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious,
unyielding]
2: (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long
memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" [syn:
long]
3: sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
[syn: coherent]
Moby Dictionary
adamant , adherent , adhesive , amylaceous , assiduous , balking , balky ,
bigoted , bound , bound and determined , bulldogged , bulldoggish ,
bulldoggy , bulletheaded , bullheaded , cartilaginous , case-hardened ,
chewy , clabbered , clammy , clinging , clingy , clotted , coagulated ,
cohesive , committed , constant , continuing , coriaceous , curdled ,
decided , decisive , dedicated , definite , determined , devoted ,
diligent , dogged , dogmatic , doughy , durable , earnest , enduring ,
faithful , fanatic , fibrous , firm , fixed , game , gamy , gaumy ,
gelatinous , glairy , gluelike , gluey , glutenous , glutinose ,
glutinous , good , gooey , grasping , gripping , gristly , gritty ,
grumous , gumbo , gumbolike , gumlike , gummous , gummy , gutsy , gutty ,
hard , hardheaded , hardy , headstrong , heavy , holding , immovable ,
immutable , inalterable , indefatigable , indomitable , industrious ,
inflexible , insistent , inspissated , intolerant , intransigent ,
invincible , jelled , jellied , jellylike , keeping , lasting ,
leatherlike , leathery , loyal , maintaining , mettlesome ,
mucilaginous , mulish , nervy , never-tiring , obdurate , obstinate ,
opinionated , overzealous , pasty , patient , patient as Job ,
permanent , perseverant , persevering , persistent , persisting ,
pertinacious , pigheaded , plodding , plucky , plugging , preoccupied ,
purposeful , rapt , red-blooded , refractory , relentless , resistant ,
resolute , resolved , restive , retaining , retentive , rigid , ropy ,
secure , sedulous , self-adhesive , self-willed , serious , set ,
sincere , sinewy , single-minded , slabby , sleepless , slimy , slithery ,
slogging , spirited , spiritful , spunky , stable , stalwart , starchy ,
staunch , steadfast , steady , stickable , sticky , stiff , stiff-necked ,
stodgy , stout , stringy , strong , strong-minded , strong-willed ,
strongheaded , stubborn , sturdy , sulky , sullen , syrupy , tacky ,
thick , thickened , tight , tireless , tough , tough as leather ,
tremelloid , tremellose , true , unabating , uncompromising ,
unconquerable , uncooperative , undaunted , undiscouraged , undrooping ,
unfailing , unfaltering , unflagging , unflinching , unintermitting ,
uninterrupted , unnodding , unregenerate , unrelaxing , unrelenting ,
unremitting , unshakable , unshakeable , unshaken , unsleeping ,
unswerving , untiring , unwavering , unwearied , unwearying , unwinking ,
unyielding , utterly attentive , vigorous , viscid , viscose , viscous ,
weariless , wholehearted , willful , wiry


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