Grim
Grim adjective - Showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose.
Usage example: with grim determination, the woman worked three jobs to put her fatherless children through college
Pertinacious and grim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pertinacious" instead an adjective "Grim".
Pertinacious
Pertinacious adjective - Continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
Grim and pertinacious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grim" instead an adjective "Pertinacious".
Nearby Word: pertinacity
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- resolute and grim
- resolute and pertinacious
- inflexible and grim
- inflexible and pertinacious
- stubborn and grim
- stubborn and pertinacious
- unyielding and grim
- unyielding and pertinacious
- relentless and grim
- relentless and pertinacious
- hard and grim
- hard and pertinacious
- implacable and grim
- implacable and pertinacious
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Grim & Pertinacious. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grim/pertinacious>.
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