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persistent


adjective
1. never-ceasing (Freq. 10)
- the relentless beat of the drums
Syn:
relentless, unrelenting
Similar to:
continual
Derivationally related forms:
relentlessness (for: relentless), persistency, persistence, persist
2. continually recurring to the mind (Freq. 1)
- haunting memories
- "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
Syn:
haunting
Similar to:
unforgettable
3. retained;
not shed
- persistent leaves remain attached past maturity
- the persistent gills of fishes
Syn:
lasting
Ant:
caducous
Derivationally related forms:
lastingness (for: lasting), persist
Topics:
biology, biological science
4. 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:
dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
Similar to:
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Derivationally related forms:
unyieldingness (for: unyielding), tenaciousness (for: tenacious), tenacity (for: tenacious), pertinacity (for: pertinacious), persistence, doggedness (for: dogged)

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