persistent

3 definitions • 8 examples

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.

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.

continuing to exist past the usual time, or continuing to do something in a determined way even when facing difficulties or opposition:

a persistent cough

persistent rumors