pertinacious

pertinacious is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
2. adjective. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
3. adjective. stubbornly unyielding- T.S.Eliot

   "dogged persistence"

   "dour determination"

   Synonyms: dogged, dour, persistent, tenacious, unyielding

Synonyms

dogged, dour, persistent, tenacious, unyielding

Common word forms

pertinaciously

Words from these letters

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