If you describe someone's actions as dogged, you mean that they are determined to continue with something even if it becomes difficult or dangerous.
They have gained respect through sheer dogged determination.
...his dogged insistence on their rights.
Synonyms: determined, steady, persistent, stubborn More Synonyms of dogged
doggedlyadverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
She would fight doggedly for her rights as the children's mother.
doggednessuncountable noun
Most of my accomplishments came as the result of sheer doggedness.
Synonyms: determination, resolution, persistence, tenacity More Synonyms of dogged
dogged in British English
(ˈdɒɡɪd)
adjective
obstinately determined; wilful or tenacious
Derived forms
doggedly (ˈdoggedly)
adverb
doggedness (ˈdoggedness)
noun
dogged in American English
(ˈdɔgɪd; ˈdɑgɪd)
adjective
not giving in readily; persistent; stubborn
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈstubborn
Derived forms
doggedly (ˈdoggedly)
adverb
doggedness (ˈdoggedness)
noun
Word origin
ME < dogge, dog
Examples of 'dogged' in a sentence
dogged
It was a dogged display from Morecambe.
The Sun (2016)
What does come across is the great affection for this man and his dogged pursuit of excess.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He caused a diplomatic incident with his dogged pursuit of leg theory.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is by a dogged insistence on the common criminality of violence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The same dogged determination can be found in his nephew.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The result is that nobody really owns the idea or pursues it with the kind of dogged determination it requires.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Through dogged persistence, he has begun to win over a cynical shareholder base.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is something rather grand about his pride and dogged insistence upon his Liberal identity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was that dogged determination, that application and attention to detail they were looking for.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is an uncomfortable situation that he has handled with diplomacy, dignity and dogged determination.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Estonia are a tough, organised team who will play with a dogged determination to keep us out.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Breeders' dogged determination to discuss only property prices and schooling will also make them seem a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Throw in some shrewd management and a dogged determination to prove the doubters wrong, and the losers can end up raking it in.
The Sun (2011)
The dogged Soviet pursuit of a Moon shot led to notable advances.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I took no view, but always felt uncomfortable that his dogged insistence on his innocence should count against him.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His dogged pursuit of the possible and the necessary was at the other end of the scale from Canning's verbal brilliance.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
To put it mildly, the monks' dogged persistence in spite of these waxing and waning earthly powers suggest they know a thing or two about sticking around.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
dogged
British English: dogged ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone's actions as dogged, you mean that they are determined to continue with something even if it becomes difficult or dangerous.
They have gained respect through sheer dogged determination.
American English: dogged
Brazilian Portuguese: tenaz
Chinese: 顽强的
European Spanish: tenaz
French: opiniâtre
German: beharrlich
Italian: ostinato
Japanese: 根気強い
Korean: 끈질긴
European Portuguese: tenaz
Latin American Spanish: tenaz
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wammul
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Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
hot dog
A hot dog is a long bread roll with a hot sausage inside it.