PERTINACIOUS

(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 , persistent , tenacious , unyielding
He is too tenacious -added by vindos
Jones was the most vocal and pertinacious of all her critics. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for pertinacious

(Tag: ) pertinacious = pre(before) + teenage : The age before teenage is where a person shows a childish behaviour and is very stubborn in a negative sense.
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(Tag: ) related to "persistent" and "tenacious"
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(Tag: english) maa...........
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(Tag: ) Per+Tin+Acious-"PER" means "As per sth", TIN(teenager) & teenager r determined to achieve without caring others.So determined to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties/opposition
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(Tag: ) per-tina -cious (par tina nahin manthi ie., stubborn )
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(Tag: ) PER (every) TINA (people who prefer fish-fishing to eve-fishing may read it as TUNA :D) CI's (sees) OUS - :-P and i won't entertain no argument against it :-P
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