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dogged
1[ daw-gid, dog-id ]
adjective
- persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious:
a dogged worker.
Synonyms: unyielding, inflexible, mulish, persistent
dogged
2[ dawgd, dogd ]
adjective
- doggoned; damned; confounded:
Well, I'll be dogged!
dogged
/ ˈdɒɡɪd /
adjective
- obstinately determined; wilful or tenacious
Derived Forms
- ˈdoggedly, adverb
- ˈdoggedness, noun
Other Words From
- dog·ged·ly adverb
- dog·ged·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
A dogged researcher and gifted writer, Philipps turns the story of Gallagher’s rise, his alleged war crimes and the botched Navy prosecution into an infuriating, fast-paced thriller.
Much of her early work was met with intense skepticism, but that only made Rubin, who died in 2016 at age 88, a more dogged data collector.
In his dogged determination to prove the existence of a thing, his explanation for why such a thing might exist — if indeed it does — is left wanting.
It reminds us that the media exerts its influence not only through insightful reporting and editorial clarity but also through dogged persistence, hammering facts into the public mind until they can’t be ignored.
A dogged but difficult reporter, he pushed deadlines, endlessly reworked his stories and wrote opinion pieces that, some of his bosses said, sullied the newspaper’s reputation for dispassionate journalism.
Figuring how to train Iraqi forces has dogged the United States since the 2003 invasion.
Identity issues seem to have dogged Otis since his troubles began.
Those allegations and subsequent evidence for their validity dogged Driscoll throughout 2014.
Allegations of sexual misconduct have dogged Carl DeMaio since he entered politics.
Further, DeMaio has been a dogged fundraiser and had $1.4 million on hand in his most recent FEC filing.
"It's dogged as does it," is not only the maxim of agricultural labourers in remote country districts.
Wallace, the last centre of opposition, was a fugitive, dogged by emissaries of the English King.
Fortunately for him his dogged character and his fighting record attracted the First Consul's attention.
He trudged across burning lava on which his feet left their imprint; he had the appearance of a desperately dogged traveller.
For a sort of dogged determination to go through with it all, at any cost, braced her to her final effort.
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