dogged English

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What does dogged mean?

Definitions in simple English

dogged Adjective

— If you are dogged you are persistent and stubborn; you never stop trying.

dogged

— adjective (= dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding) 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

Synonyms dogged synonyms

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dogged English » English

stubborn

obstinate

tenacious

pertinacious

persistent

unyielding

persevering

wilful

headstrong

unswerving

resolute

insistent

dour

valiant

untiring

unrelenting

unflagging

unfailing

undismayed

undeterred

tough

tireless

stubbornly

strongheaded

stiff-necked

stick-to-it-ive

steadfast

spiteful

retentive

refractory

plucky

perverse

pertinaciously

persisting

perseverant

ornery

obstinately

obdurate

never-say-die

naughty

mulish

mischievous

like a dog with a bone

inveterate

intractable

industrious

indomitable

importunate

hardworking

hardheaded

Topics dogged topics

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Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Determined

• What words describe a person's behavior that is determined?
  stubborn steadfast resolute dogged wholehearted

Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Stubborn

• What words describe someone who is stubborn?
  stubborn adamant bull-headed conservative dogged enduring hardened hardheaded headstrong immovable impenitent incorrigible indomitable inflexible intractable mulish obdurate obstinate persistent pig-headed recalcitrant relentless stiff-necked strong-willed stubborn as stubborn as a mule tenacious unbending uncompromising ungovernable unmanageable unrepentant unyielding willful