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dogged
/ˈdɒɡɪd/
adj 1adv 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, hungry, little, still
VERB + DOGGED
display, gets
DOGGED + NOUN
allegations, efforts, misfortune, obstinacy, perseverance
ADV.
also, eventually
Definitions
adj
1
stubbornly persevering, steadfast
Still, the dogged obstinacy of his race held him to the pace he had set, and would hold him till he dropped in his tracks.
Rushing out to the point above the reef, we watched the conflict between canoe and sea. When the man reached the gas boat, the screams of the boy stopped. With great risk they loaded the canoe till she began to take water. The boy bailed furiously. The long dogged pull of the man's oars challenged death inch by inch, wave by wave.
adv
1
very
"I'm afraid I've given him a heap of trouble. You see," he explained, looking at Paul critically, "I never thought of eating before I left town, and one gets so dogged hungry, you know walking. I say it is a long tramp, isn't it?"
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — stubbornly unyielding
- dour
- persistent
- pertinacious
- tenacious
- unyielding
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Still, the dogged obstinacy of his race held him to the pace he had set, and would hold him till he dropped in his tracks.
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Rushing out to the point above the reef, we watched the conflict between canoe and sea. When the man reached the gas boat, the screams of the boy stopped. With great risk they loaded the canoe till sh
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It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
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"I'm afraid I've given him a heap of trouble. You see," he explained, looking at Paul critically, "I never thought of eating before I left town, and one gets so dogged hungry, you know walking. I say
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She is dogged by misfortune.
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It is the dogged who wins.
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