Hyphenation of tenacious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word tenacious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of tenacious:

1.	Good at remembering A retentive mind Tenacious memory
2.	Stubbornly unyielding Dogged persistence Dour determination The most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics A mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it- T.S.Eliot Men tenacious of opinion
3.	Sticking together Two coherent sheets Tenacious burrs

Synonyms of tenacious:

adj	bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding, stubborn
adj	long, retentive
adj	coherent, adhesive

Last hyphenations of this language

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