tenacious

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This word consists of 9 letters and is spelled as "T-E-N-A-C-I-O-U-S". It has 5 vowels and 4 consonants.

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tenacious

adjective

How to pronunciation tenacious: tə-ˈnā-shəs

What does Tenacious Mean?

What does tenacious meaning in English

1. Grasping hard; inclined to hold fast; not willing to let go, with of before the thing held. A resolute tenacious adherence to well chosen principles, makes the face of a governor shine in the eyes of those that see his actions. South. Griping, and still tenacious of thy hold, Wou’d’st thou the Grecian chiefs, though largely soul’d, Shou’d give the prises they had gain’d. Dryden. You reign absolute over the hearts of a stubborn and freeborn people, tenacious to madness of their liberty. Dryden. True love’s a miser; so tenacious grown, He weighs to the least grain of what’s his own. Dryden. Men are tenacious of the opinions that first possess them. Locke. He is tenacious of his own property, and ready to invade that of others. Arbuthnot.
   
2. Retentive. The memory in some is very tenacious; but yet there seems to be a constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive. Locke.
   
3. [ Tenace, French .] Having parts disposed to adhere to each other; cohesive. Three equal round vessels filled, the one with water, the other with oil, the third with molten pitch, and the liquors stirred alike to give them a vortical motion; the pitch by its tenacity will lose its motion quickly, the oil being less tenacious will keep it longer, and the water being less tenacious will keep it longest, but yet will lose it in a short time. Newt.

Other definitions for tenacious

The definition of 'tenacious' is: not easily pulled apart : cohesive

How to spell tenacious

Want to know how to spell tenacious, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "tenacious consists of 3 syllables and is spelled "tə-ˈnā-shəs".

Synonyms for tenacious:

There are synonyms for tenacious'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of tenacious:

dogged, insistent, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious

Some words similar to "tenacious"

• commentitious
• ambitiousness
• lieutenantship
• stillicidious
• fictitious
• penuriously
• stillatitious
• rebelliousness
• mysteriousness
• harmoniously

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How many points in scrabble for tenacious

How many points is the word "tenacious" in Scrabble? Is "tenacious" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word tenacious is 11

Understanding English Verb Tenses

English verb tenses can be quite confusing, but with some practice, you can master them. There are 12 different tenses in English, which fall into two categories: simple and continuous. Simple tenses refer to actions that happen once, whereas continuous tenses refer to ongoing or repeated actions. For example, the present simple tense is used to talk about habits or things that are always true, while the present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment or temporarily. It's important to understand the different verb tenses in order to communicate effectively in English.