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Textual thesaurus for "persistent"

(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