Associations to the word «Tenacious»

Wiktionary

TENACIOUS, adjective. Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
TENACIOUS, adjective. Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
TENACIOUS, adjective. Holding together; cohesive.
TENACIOUS, adjective. Having a good memory; retentive.

Dictionary definition

TENACIOUS, adjective. Good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory".
TENACIOUS, adjective. 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".
TENACIOUS, adjective. Sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs".

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