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(adj) relentless, unrelenting
never-ceasing
the relentless beat of the drums
(adj) haunting
continually recurring to the mind
haunting memories; the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty- Claudia Cassidy
(adj) lasting
retained; not shed
persistent leaves remain attached past maturity; the persistent gills of fishes
(adj) unyielding, dogged, dour, tenacious, pertinacious
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