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" (105 found)
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Noun(3 words)
applicationassiduityassiduousnessbalkinessbigotrybulldog couragebulldog tenacitybullheadednessconcentrationconstancydemandingnessdeterminationdiligencedogged perseverancedoggednessdogmatismenduranceengrossment
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overzealousnesspatiencepatience of jobpermanenceperseverancepersistencepersistencypertinaciousnesspigheadednessploddingpluckinesspluggingpreoccupationpressingnesspressurerelentlessnessresolutenessresolutionrestivenesssedulity
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sedulousnessself-willsingle-mindednesssingleness of purposesloggingspunkinessstabilitystaminastaying powersteadfastnesssteadinessstick-to-itivenessstiff neckstiff-neckednessstrengthstrongheadnessstubbornnesssulkinesssullennesstenaciousnesstenacitytirelessnessuncooperativenessunregeneratenessunremittingnessunswerving attentionurgencywillfulness
Noun(4 words)
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5 entriesdogged pertinacityextreme pertinacitygreat pertinacitynotable pertinacityunfaltering pertinacity
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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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