Crossword-Solution: TENACIOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tenacious | a. | Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. |
| Tenacious | a. | Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory. |
| Tenacious | a. | Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil. |
| Tenacious | a. | Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. |
| Tenacious | a. | Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. |
| Tenacious | a. | Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. |
We have 35 clues for the answer “TENACIOUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Like bulldogs | 1 answer |
| Highly retentive | 1 answer |
| Dogged cardinal going over account with evidence of debts | 1 answer |
| Continuing to exist for longer than might be expected | 1 answer |
| Clinging strongly | 1 answer |
| Bulldoglike | 1 answer |
| Holding firmly | 2 answers |
| clingy | 4 answers |
| Derek, Bo film | 10 answers |
| DEREK, BO SPOUSE | 10 answers |
| DEREK, BO | 10 answers |
| Unflinching | 19 answers |
| gummy | 21 answers |
| undaunted | 33 answers |
| Implacable | 36 answers |
| Bull-headed | 44 answers |
| froward | 53 answers |
| ungovernable | 54 answers |
| Reflective. | 60 answers |
| Continual | 61 answers |
| obstreperous | 65 answers |
| Unruly | 75 answers |
| Persistent | 75 answers |
| Steadfast | 76 answers |
| quarrelsome | 76 answers |
| Enduring | 76 answers |
| dogged | 77 answers |
| Dependable | 77 answers |
| Defiant | 79 answers |
| Obstinate | 82 answers |
| Certain | 84 answers |
| Stubborn | 85 answers |
| Determined | 85 answers |
| Resolute | 89 answers |
| Wild _____ | 108 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with TENACIOUS (5)
The touch probably associated, as is usual, with some of the apprehensions excited by his dream; for the old man started up, his grey hair standing almost erect upon his head, and huddling some part of his garments about him, while he held the detached pieces with the tenacious grasp of a falcon, he fixed upon the Palmer his keen black eyes, expressive of wild surprise and of bodily apprehension.
However, under tenacious questioning by Diana, Mark divulged that the `strange' note, apparently sent as an afterthought, had only been looked at by the examiners the day before coming to testify.
Affectionately, Judy 30th September Dear Daddy, Are you still harping on that scholarship? I never knew a man so obstinate, and stubborn and unreasonable, and tenacious, and bull-doggish, and unable-to-see-other-people's-point-of-view, as you.
They have one troublesome and tenacious parent left who won't sign a surrender, so I can't place them out for adoption.
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Quotes with TENACIOUS (3)
There are moments in every relationship that define when two people start to fall in love. A first glance A first smile A first kiss A first fall…(I remove the Darth Vader house shoes from my satchel and look down at them.) You were wearing these during one of those moments. One of the moments I first started to fall in love with you. The way you gave me butterflies that morning Had absolutely nothing to do with anyone else, and everything to do with you. I was falling in lov…
Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that kne…
…..she needed him to know she did not care. She was spirited, tenacious, and full of contempt for him.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (2001–2015).