Crossword-Solution: TENACITY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tenacity | n. | The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose. |
| Tenacity | n. | That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc. |
| Tenacity | n. | That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity. |
| Tenacity | n. | The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TENACITY | anagram | NATTYICE |
We have 22 clues for the answer “TENACITY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bulldog's quality | 1 answer |
| Bulldog trademark | 1 answer |
| Stick-to-it-iveness | 7 answers |
| BULLDOG RELATIVE | 10 answers |
| Bulldog | 12 answers |
| BOSSINESS | 21 answers |
| pushiness | 21 answers |
| willpower | 23 answers |
| obstinacy | 24 answers |
| steadfastness | 26 answers |
| doggedness | 28 answers |
| resilience | 30 answers |
| diligence | 41 answers |
| Backbone | 46 answers |
| Grit | 49 answers |
| persistence | 52 answers |
| firmness | 53 answers |
| perseverance | 55 answers |
| Determi-nation | 62 answers |
| resolution | 68 answers |
| Resolve | 69 answers |
| Courage | 77 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with TENACITY (5)
The new inhabitant—who came himself from a foreign land, or whose father or grandfather came—has little claim to be called a Salemite; he has no conception of the oyster-like tenacity with which an old settler, over whom his third century is creeping, clings to the spot where his successive generations have been embedded.
But with the tenacity and indomitable courage of his kind he still faced his cruel and relentless foes—the personification of that ancient proverb of his tribe: “Leave to a Thark his head and one hand and he may yet conquer.” As he saw me enter, a grim smile touched those grim lips of his, but whether the smile signified relief or merely amusement at the sight of my own bloody and dishevelled condition I do not know.
Previous social-psychological theory stressed the ways in which an individual's personality was shaped during his earliest childhood years and emphasized the tenacity with which these early traits resisted attempt at alteration.
This subject has taken hold of my mind with the strangest tenacity of clutch since I have lodged in yonder old gable.
Far from a rebel looking for a cause, the cause jumped all over Tyrone with a vengeance and the tenacity of a barnacle.
Quotes with TENACITY (3)
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
Definitely, some will doubt you, but don’t doubt yourself. Surely, some will hate your mission, but don’t hate your vision. Truly, some will envy your vision, but don’t change your vision. Surely, some will mock at your direction, but don’t neglect your focus. Surely, you shall meet obstacles, but learn to overcome all obstacles with wit. Frankly, some will say what they want to you, but say what is inspiring to yourself. Obviously, you shall meet fear, but learn to shake you…
If the tenacity of flowing water weakens the structure of a solid rock, what more; if the ordinary visionaries become just as tenacious.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, Newsday, NYT, WP, WSJ.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1998–2023).