'Dogged' definitions:
Definition of 'dogged'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding]
Definition of 'Dogged'
From: GCIDE
- Dog \Dog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dogging.] To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity. [1913 Webster]
- I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. -- Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Your sins will dog you, pursue you. --Burroughs. [1913 Webster]
- Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. -- South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dogged'
From: GCIDE
- Dogged \Dog"ged\, a. [Fron. Dog.]
- 1. Sullen; morose. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
- The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. -- Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work; dogged pursuit. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dogged'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- assiduous,
- badgered,
- baited,
- balking,
- balky,
- bedeviled,
- beset,
- bigoted,
- bugged,
- bulldogged,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- bullyragged,
- case-hardened,
- chivied,
- constant,
- continuing,
- deviled,
- diligent,
- dogmatic,
- enduring,
- faithful,
- fanatic,
- fretted,
- harassed,
- hardheaded,
- harried,
- haunted,
- headstrong,
- heckled,
- hectored,
- hounded,
- immutable,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- inexorable,
- insistent,
- intolerant,
- invincible,
- lasting,
- loyal,
- mulish,
- needled,
- never-tiring,
- nipped at,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- opinionated,
- overzealous,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- permanent,
- persecuted,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- pestered,
- picked on,
- pigheaded,
- plagued,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupied,
- ragged,
- rapt,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- restive,
- rigid,
- sedulous,
- self-willed,
- set,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- stable,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- stiff-necked,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- teased,
- tenacious,
- tireless,
- tormented,
- unabating,
- unbending,
- unconquerable,
- uncooperative,
- undaunted,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unregenerate,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unsleeping,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- utterly attentive,
- vexed,
- weariless,
- willful,
- worried,
- worried sick,
- worried stiff
Words containing 'Dogged'
- Dog,
- Doggedly,
- Dogging,
- dog do,
- A dead dog,
- A dog in the manger,
- Badger dog,
- Bush dog,
- Cat and dog,
- Curtail dog,
- Curtal dog,
- Dalmatian dog,
- Danish dog,
- Dog Latin,
- Dog Star,
- Dog ape,
- Dog bee,
- Dog cabbage,
- Dog cheap,
- Dog day,
- Dog days,
- Dog ear,
- Dog fancier,
- Dog flea,
- Dog grass,
- Dog lichen,
- Dog louse,
- Dog power,
- Dog salmon,
- Dog shark,
- Dog wheat,
- Dog whelk,
- Dog's cabbage,
- Dog's fennel,
- Dog's meat,
- Dog's mercury,
- Earth dog,
- Eskimo dog,
- Fire dog,
- Flip dog,
- Hunting dog,
- Hyena dog,
- Lion dog,
- Maltese dog,
- Newfoundland dog,
- Night dog,
- Pariah dog,
- Penny dog,
- Pomeranian dog,
- Pouched dog,
- Prairie dog,
- Red dog,
- Sea dog,
- Setting dog,
- Sheep dog,
- Shepherd dog,
- Siberian dog,
- Sling dog,
- Spitz dog,
- Survey of dogs,
- To give to the dogs,
- To go to the dogs,
- To throw to the dogs,
- Water dog,
- Wolf dog,
- attack dog,
- bird dog,
- bottom dog,
- cant dog,
- carriage dog,
- chili dog,
- chrysanthemum dog,
- coach dog,
- devil dog,
- dirty dog,
- dog bent,
- dog biscuit,
- dog bite,
- dog breeding,
- dog catcher,
- dog collar,
- dog eared,
- dog fennel,
- dog food,
- dog hobble,
- dog hook,
- dog house,
- dog in the manger,
- dog laurel,
- dog mercury,
- dog paddle,
- dog pound,
- dog racing,
- dog rose,
- dog show,
- dog sled,
- dog sleigh,
- dog stinkhorn,
- dog tag,
- dog tired,
- dog turd,
- dog violet,
- dog wrench,
- dog's breakfast,
- dog's dinner,
- dog-eat-dog,
- domestic dog,
- gay dog,
- go to the dogs,
- great dog,
- guard dog,
- guide dog,
- gun dog,
- hair of the dog,
- hearing dog,
- hot dog,
- hound dog,
- little dog,
- mad dog,
- miller's dog,
- monkey dog,
- police dog,
- poodle dog,
- sausage dog,
- shepherd's dog,
- sled dog,
- sledge dog,
- sporting dog,
- top dog,
- toy dog,
- wild dog,
- working dog,
- Dog's-bane,
- Dog's-ear,
- Dog's-eared,
- Dog's-tongue,
- Dog-brier,
- Dog-faced,
- Dog-fox,
- Dog-headed,
- Dog-hearted,
- Dog-rose,
- Dog-weary,
- Red Dog Mine,
- Skittle-dog,
- african hunting dog,
- american dog tick,
- american dog violet,
- bernese mountain dog,
- blacktail prairie dog,
- cape hunting dog,
- dog-days,
- dog-ear,
- dog-eared,
- dog-iron,
- dog-legged,
- dog-sized,
- dog-tired,
- german police dog,
- german shepherd dog,
- hot-dog,
- pie-dog,
- pug-dog,
- pye-dog,
- rain cats and dogs,
- seeing eye dog,
- shaggy dog story,
- shetland sheep dog,
- whitetail prairie dog,
- Dog's-tail grass,
- Dog-faced baboon,
- Mad-dog skullcap,
- Red Dog Mine, AK,
- Red-dog flour,
- crab-eating dog,
- dog's-tooth check,
- dog's-tooth violet,
- dog-day cicada,
- dog-headed boa,
- dogs-tooth check,
- greater swiss mountain dog,
- mad-dog weed,
- seizure-alert dog,
- yellow-dog contract,
- iditarod trail dog sled race,
- white dog's-tooth violet