pertinacious
Refusing to yield
Pertinacious means stubbornly persistent, holding firmly to a course of action, belief, or purpose despite obstacles or opposition.
The word carries a hint of admiration for the tenacity involved, though it can shade toward criticism when the persistence seems unreasonable: a pertinacious advocate for prison reform, The pertinacious salesman wouldn't take no for an answer.
Stubbornly persevering
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- indefatigableIncapable of wearying
- perseveringMaintaining effort despite difficulty
unflagging · tireless · insistent · unremitting · assiduous · sedulous · patient · enduring
Firmly committed to purpose
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- firmSolid or resolute
- resoluteFixed in purpose
staunch · stalwart · committed · purposeful · decided · strong-willed · iron-willed · steely
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
willful · obdurate · stiff-necked · contrary · recalcitrant · defiant · uncooperative · uncompliant
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- immovableIncapable of being shifted
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
intransigent · implacable · rigid · rock-solid · unbudging · inexorable · unmovable · hardline
dogged
Stubbornly persevering
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- indefatigableIncapable of wearying
persevering · unflagging · tireless · insistent · unremitting · assiduous · sedulous · patient · enduring · sustained
determined
Firmly committed to purpose
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- firmSolid or resolute
resolute · staunch · stalwart · committed · purposeful · decided · strong-willed · iron-willed · steely · unshakable
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
pigheaded · willful · obdurate · stiff-necked · contrary · recalcitrant · defiant · uncooperative · uncompliant · intractable
adamant
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- immovableIncapable of being shifted
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- inflexibleUnable to bend
uncompromising · intransigent · implacable · rigid · rock-solid · unbudging · inexorable · unmovable · hardline · unswayable
pertinaciousirresolute
Lacking firmness of purpose
wavering · vacillating · fickle · inconstant · quitting
tenacity, tenacious, impertinent, impertinence, pertinacity, impertinences