Dogged
['dɒgɪd] or ['dɔɡɪd]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Typed by Elinor--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Dog
(a.) Sullen; morose.
(a.) Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.
Editor: Manuel
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sullen, sour, morose churlish, growling, surly, snarling, snappish.[2]. Stubborn, obstinate, wilful, mulish, inflexible, pertinacious, unyielding, headstrong, intractable, impracticable, cantankerous, perversely resolute.
Editor: Sonya
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Obstinate, morose, sullen, impracticable, prejudiced
ANT:Docile, genial, agreeable, conciliatory, easy, indulgent, liberal, complaisant
Checked by Adrienne
Definition
adj. surly like an angry dog: sullen: obstinate.—adv. (slang) very.—adv. Dogg′edly.—n. Dogg′edness.
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- At this moment, Legree sauntered up to the door of the shed, looked in, with a dogged air of affected carelessness, and turned away. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He left it to Jenny's husband to say what he chose, and after a dogged silence the latter turned his shaggy head towards me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But it was easy to die like a Turk, by a dogged decline. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- No wonder that in Lydgate's energetic nature the sense of a hopeless misconstruction easily turned into a dogged resistance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- His lordship's extreme gentleness of disposition appeared very attractive when set in contrast with Meyler's tormenting, dogged humour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He continued to stand before her, in his dogged weakness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He stood uncertain, with dogged irresolution upon his face. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Ye-es, sir, returned Jerry, in something of a dogged manner. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Perrichon's dogged and undiscouraged attachment to the young man whom he had pulled out of the glacier. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The natural result of this treatment, continued, I suppose, for some six months or more, was to make me sullen, dull, and dogged. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It ain't what I implicate, it's what Gaffer implicated,' was the dogged and determined answer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They seemed to be waiting for something with a dogged determination, and they looked at the Jury, but at nothing else. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Why, what you told of-- I didn't tell you anything, said Cassy, with dogged sullenness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There he was dogged by his confederate, who held Beppo responsible for the loss of the pearl, and he stabbed him in the scuffle which followed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Perhaps this is not the only time you have dogged my steps. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I am a cheerful fellow by nature: and then ill-luck has never dogged me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Tragedy dogged his footsteps. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Upon my word, I could have found it in my heart to have dogged Moore yesterday evening with dire intent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Patrick