persistentadjective
uk/pəˈsɪs.tənt/us/pɚˈsɪs.tənt/lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of:
a persistent smell/skin rash
Symptoms of the illness include a high temperature and a persistent dry cough.
There have been persistent rumours that the principal might take early retirement.
C2 Someone who is persistent continues doing something or tries to do something in a determined but often unreasonable way:
Be persistent - don't give up.
He has been a persistent critic of the president.
She is a persistent offender and has been arrested five times this year for shoplifting.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continuous & permanent
- abiding
- ad infinitum
- around-the-clock
- be
- bounce
- ceaseless
- chronic
- fluidity
- here to stay idiom
- immanent
- imperishable
- incessant
- indelible
- nagging
- perpetuity
- persistence
- round-the-clock
- seamless
- smoothly
- trot
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adverb uk/pəˈsɪs.tənt.li/us/pɚˈsɪs.tənt.li/
They have persistently ignored our advice.