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Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action

Continuing stubbornly or tenaciously despite challenges

Having or showing an irritable disposition

Adjective

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Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action

as stubborn as a mule

sticking to one's guns

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

stand pat

standing one's ground

fossilized^US

fossilised^UK

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

cold fish

proof against persuasion

chiseled^US

chiselled^UK

as straight as an arrow

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“Again they laughed at the child's pertinacious fancy for a night ramble.”

Adjective

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Continuing stubbornly or tenaciously despite challenges

full of determination

focused^US

galvanized^US

focussed^UK

galvanised^UK

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

committed to the idea of

intensely competitive

power-hungry

high-pressure

having killer instinct

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of get-up-and-go

tantalized^US

burning with excitement

tantalised^UK

nose to the grindstone

not backward in coming forward

putting one's heart and soul into

endeavoring^US

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“Others, however, appear to us to be no less narrow in their views and crotchety in their notions than pertinacious in their efforts.”

Adjective

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Having or showing an irritable disposition

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed the wrong side

foul-tempered

cross-grained

having got out of bed on the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

humourless^UK

humorless^US

apt to fly off the handle

got up on wrong side of bed

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

like a cat on a hot tin roof

sombre^UK

somber^US

having a fit of the sulks

having a chip on one's shoulder

like a fish out of water

have chip on shoulder

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