dogged (s)
dour (s)
persistent (s)
pertinacious (s)
tenacious (s)
unyielding (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def stubbornly unyielding
examples 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
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Similar to stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Derivationally related form unyielding → unyieldingness
Derivationally related form tenacious → tenaciousness
Derivationally related form tenacious → tenacity
Derivationally related form pertinacious → pertinacity
Derivationally related form persistent → persistence
Derivationally related form dogged → doggedness
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Similar to stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Derived from adjective tenaciously → tenacious
Derived from adjective doggedly → dogged
Derived from adjective pertinaciously → pertinacious
Derivationally related form unyieldingness → unyielding
Derivationally related form pertinacity → pertinacious
Derivationally related form tenaciousness → tenacious
Derivationally related form tenacity → tenacious
Derivationally related form doggedness → dogged
Derivationally related form persistence → persistent

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