1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.
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Pertinacity
Synonyms for "pertinacity" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
patiencepatience of jobpermanenceperseverancepersistencepersistencypigheadednessploddingpluckinesspluggingpreoccupationpressingnesspressurerelentlessnessresolutenessresolutionrestivenesssedulitysedulousnessself-will
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single-mindednesssingleness of purposesloggingspunkinessstabilitystaminastaying powersteadfastnesssteadinessstick-to-itivenessstiff neckstiff-neckednessstrengthstrongheadnessstubbornnesssulkinesssullennesstenaciousnesstenacitytirelessnessuncooperativenessunregeneratenessunremittingnessunswerving attentionurgencywillfulness
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13 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- неотстъпчивост noun (state of being pertinacious)
- упоритост noun (state of being pertinacious)
Catalan
2 entries- pertinacitat noun (state of being pertinacious)
- pertinàcia noun (state of being pertinacious)
French
2 entries- pertinacité noun (state of being pertinacious)
- ténacité noun (state of being pertinacious)
Galician
1 entries- teimosía noun (state of being pertinacious)
Portuguese
2 entries- pertinácia noun (state of being pertinacious)
- teimosia noun (state of being pertinacious)
Russian
2 entries- неусту́пчивость noun (state of being pertinacious)
- упря́мство noun (state of being pertinacious)
Ukrainian
2 entries- впертість noun (state of being pertinacious)
- непоступливість noun (state of being pertinacious)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.
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