PERSISTENT

• (adj.) retained; not shed

  "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity", "the persistent gills of fishes"

  synonyms : lasting

• (adj.) never-ceasing

  "the relentless beat of the drums"

  synonyms : relentless , unrelenting

• (adj.) continually recurring to the mind

  "haunting memories", "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"

  synonyms : haunting

• (adj.) 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", "men tenacious of opinion"

  synonyms : dogged , dour , pertinacious , tenacious , unyielding

  He is too tenacious -added by vindos

  Jones was the most vocal and pertinacious of all her critics. -added by naila_inlas

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