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Antonyms for dogged
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : daw-gid, dog-id |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔ gɪd, ˈdɒg ɪd |
Definition of dogged
Origin :- "having the qualities of a dog" (mostly in a negative sense), c.1300, from dog (n.). Meaning "persistent" is from 1779. Hence doggedly (late 14c.), "cruelly, maliciously;" later "with a dog's persistence" (1773). Related: Doggedness.
- adj determined, persistent
- "Ye-es, sir," returned Jerry, in something of a dogged manner.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- As it was, she drove him to a dogged pursuit of the man he was convinced was the real culprit.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- "The Signorina is not for him," repeated Gaspare, with a dogged emphasis.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Not dogged, trapped, made desperate by fate, but cheerfully and of his own free will.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- It made a dogged, desperate resistance and was almost unbeatable.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- "There's nothing like a dogged persistence," said the Russian.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- I remember with wonder the sort of dogged fierceness I displayed.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- Ten years of it—ten years of dogged work and unrelieved failure.
- Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton
- He was possessed by the dogged desire to establish the truth of his story.
- Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton
- Roger, with dogged thoroughness, followed the trail suggested by Dick.
- Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
Synonyms for dogged
- adamant
- bullheaded
- firm
- hanging tough
- hard-nosed
- hardheaded
- indefatigable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insistent
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- perseverant
- perseverative
- persevering
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- relentless
- resolute
- rigid
- single-minded
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- stubborn
- tenacious
- tough nut
- unbending
- unflagging
- unshakable
- unyielding
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