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

Example sentences :

"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

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