Dogged Definition

dôgĭd, dŏgĭd
adjective
Not giving in readily; persistent; stubborn.
Webster's New World
Stubbornly persevering; tenacious.
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of dog.

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Origin of Dogged

  • From Middle English, characteristics similar to that of a dog.

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  • From the verb to dog.

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Dogged Sentence Examples

  • The late stages of the game were dogged by controversy.

  • The only chore left is to put down this bothersome cur that has so dogged me these many months.

  • At the final whistle there was much jubilation in the Welsh camp for a dogged performance by the whole of the team.

  • However, the producers decided to drop the character in order to concentrate the action on Erskine's dogged pursuit of justice.

  • Taurus moon individuals hate to be rushed into commitments, romantic or otherwise, but once they do commit, expect them to be dogged in the pursuit of their goals.

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