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tenacious [tɪˈneɪʃəs] adj
1. holding or grasping firmly; forceful a tenacious grip 2. retentive a tenacious memory 3. stubborn or persistent a tenacious character 4. holding together firmly; tough or cohesive tenacious cement 5. tending to stick or adhere tenacious mud [from Latin tenāx, from tenēre to hold] tenaciously adv tenaciousness , tenacity [tɪˈnæsɪtɪ] n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
tenacious adjective 1. stubborn, dogged, determined, persistent, sure, firm, adamant, staunch, resolute, inflexible, strong-willed, steadfast, unyielding, obstinate, intransigent, immovable, unswerving, obdurate, stiff-necked, pertinacious He is regarded as a persistent and tenacious interviewer. stubborn wavering, changeable, vacillating, yielding, flexible, irresolute 2. firm, dogged, persistent, unyielding, unswerving a tenacious belief 3. strong, firm, fast, iron, tight, clinging, forceful, immovable, unshakable He has a particularly tenacious grip on life. 4. retentive, good, photographic, unforgetful her analytical mind and tenacious memory Translations tenacious adj → zäh, hartnäckig; character, person also → beharrlich; memory → unschlagbar; to be tenacious in doing something → etw hartnäckig or eisern tun; the disease had a tenacious hold on … → die Krankheit hielt … in eisernem Griff; to be tenacious of something (form) → zäh an etw (dat) → festhalten; to be tenacious of life (form) to have a tenacious hold on life → zäh am Leben hängen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No young man of twenty-four appointed chief mate for the first time in his life would have let that Dutch tenacious winter penetrate into his heart. This metal, in fact, is the most tenacious, the most ductile, and the most malleable, and consequently suitable for all moulding operations; and when smelted with pit coal, is of superior quality for all engineering works requiring great resisting power, such as cannon, steam boilers, hydraulic presses, and the like. "No," replied the soldier, tenacious in his credulity; "he has foretold many things which have come to pass; for instance, that the queen would have a son; that Monsieur Coligny would be killed in a duel with the Duc de Guise; and finally, that the coadjutor would be made cardinal. |
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