taking by force, not easily loosened, stubborn
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Tenacious Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Tenacious Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
(a.)
Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
(a.)
Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
(a.)
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
(a.)
Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
(a.)
Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutApt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
tenacious
\te*na"cious\ (?), a. [l. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. see tenable, and cf. tenace.]
1. holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
2. apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
3. having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil. i. newton.
4. apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. "female feet, too weak to struggle with tenacious clay."
5. niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
6. holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. -- te*na"cious*ly , adv. -- te*na"cious*ness , n.
tenacious
adj
1. 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" [syn: bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding]
2. (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" [syn: long]
3. sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs" [syn: coherent]
Unyielding.
Athyn = a. very tenacious
Glyd = n. glue; birdlime; a. tenacious, diligent
Gwydn = a. tough, tenacious, viscid
Teng = n. what is tenacious; a. tough
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding
(similar) stubborn
2. (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory"
(synonym) long
(similar) retentive
3. sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
(synonym) coherent
(similar) adhesive
Tenacious Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Tenacious may refer to:
- Tenacious (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
- HMS Tenacious, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy, including
- HMS Tenacious (R45), a Royal Navy destroyer.
- RSS Tenacious (71), a Formidable class frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.
- USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17), a United States Navy Ocean Surveillance Ship.
- SV Tenacious, a British sail training ship.
- Tenacious, a racing yacht based on a design by Sparkman & Stephens and built by the Palmer Johnson yard. Winner of the 1979 Fastnet race.
- Tenacious D, an American band started by Jack Black and Kyle Gass
- Tenacious Records, a record label founded by percussionist Alphonse Mouzon.
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