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dogged

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dog·ged  (dôgd, dgd)
adj.
Stubbornly persevering; tenacious. See Synonyms at obstinate.
dogged·ly adv.
dogged·ness n.
dogged [dog-gid]
Adjective
obstinately determined
doggedly adv
doggedness n
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Adj.1.doggeddogged - 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"
dour, pertinacious, unyielding, tenacious, persistent
obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
dogged
adjective determined, steady, persistent, stubborn, firm, staunch, persevering, resolute, single-minded, tenacious, steadfast, unyielding, obstinate, indefatigable, immovable, stiff-necked, unshakable, unflagging, pertinacious << OPPOSITE irresolute
Translations

dogged [ˈdɔgɪd] adj → tenaz, obstinado
dogged [ˈdɔgɪd] adj → obstiné(e) → opiniâtre
dogged [ˈdɔgɪd] adj → beharrlich
dogged [ˈdɔgɪd] adj → ostinato/a, tenace
dogged dog


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Whatever my intentions were, I have been innocuous, for you have dogged my strides and counteracted my influence.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
As the days passed, however, and the news came to be no better, but rather worse, something besides anxiety began to show in the man's face: despair, and a very dogged determination, each fighting for the mastery.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
I felt sure that I was followed in the street, and my every movement dogged by those to whom I would not condescend to turn and look.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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