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Definition: Dogged |
DoggedAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dogged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Literature | Dogged He dogged me, i.e. followed me about like a dog; shadowed me. Dogged (2 syl.). Sullen, snappish, like a dog. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | DOGGED. Surly. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: DoggedSynonyms: bulldog (adj), dour (adj), pertinacious (adj), tenacious (adj), unyielding (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courage | Strong-minded, hardy, doughty; firm; (stable); determined; (resolved); dogged, indomitable; (persevering) a. |
Obstinacy | Noun: obstinateness; Adjective: obstinacy, tenacity; cussedness; perseverance; a; immovability; old school; inflexibility; (hardness); obduracy, obduration; dogged resolution; resolution; ruling passion; blind side. |
Dogged; sullen, sulky; unmoved, uninfluenced unaffected. | |
Sullenness | Dogged; (stubborn). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dogged |
| English words defined with "dogged": pertinaciously. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Police Dogged (1956) | |
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![]() | For six months I dogged that old German's steps. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | One of 12 Negro high school students, newly integrated at Clinton High School, is dogged by a crowd of hecklers [...]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Such resistances are dogged. |
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| "Dogged" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 51.97% of the time. "Dogged" is used about 254 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 51.97% | 132 | 27,743 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 41.34% | 105 | 31,781 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 6.69% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 254 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dogged": be dogged by smth. ♦ dogged by bad luck ♦ dogged resolution. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "dogged": hot-dogged, injury-dogged. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dogged | 14 |
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| Language | Translations for "dogged"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kokëfortë (balky, bullheaded, contrary, cussed, hard bitten, hardheaded, headstrong, hidebound, impracticable, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pertinacious, recalcitrant, self willed, self-opinionated, stickler, stiff necked, strong-willed, stubborn, urgent, wayward, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), këmbëngulës (assiduous, difficult, emphatic, exacting, insistent, lingering, patient, persevering, persistent, pressing, rebellious, tenacious, unremitting, unyielding, up and coming, urgent), i paepur (adamant, cast iron, firm, hard bitten, hard boiled, implacable, indefatigable, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, pertinacious, rigid, stiff, tough, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عنيد (adamant, asinine, contrary, coriaceous, die hard, dour, fractious, hardheaded, headstrong, heady, implacable, incorrigible, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, inveterate, irreconcilable, mulish, nagging, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, peevish, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, refractory, rigid, scabrous, scratchy, self willed, stiff, stiff necked, stout, stubborn, sullen, tenacious, thwart, uncompromising, unruly, unwilling, unyielding, wilful, willful, wrongheaded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | упорит (asinine, constant, defiant, die hard, flinty, gritty, hard bitten, hard boiled, hard core, hard set, hardheaded, hard-shell, importunate, incompliant, indomitable, insistent, intractable, inveterate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, piggish, purposeful, refractory, self willed, self-opinionated, set, spiky, stolid, stout, stouthearted, strenuous, sturdy, tenacious, tough, unpliant, unremitting, unwearing, wilful, wrongheaded), твърдоглав (contumacious, die hard, piggish, pigheaded, self-opinionated, uncompliant, wrongheaded), твърд (adamant, adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, fast, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, solid, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 顽固 (Bigotry, hardheaded, headstrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zarputilý (dour, grim, grimly determined, wrongheaded, wrong-headed), tvrdošíjný (obstinate, pertinacious, restive, strenuous), houževnatý (persistent, resilient, stiff, strenuous, tenacious, tough, wiry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یکدنده (Adamant), لجوج (Dour, Headstrong, Intractable, Obdurate, Obstinate, Obstreperous, Pertinacious, Set, Stickler, Stubborn, Stuffy), ترشرو (Acid, Gruff, Grumpy, Moody, Morose, Petulant, Rusty, Sulky, Sullen), سخت (Adjacent, Chronic, Crusty, Demanding, Difficult, Dour, Eburnated, Exquisite, Grave, Grim, Rigid, Rigorous, Rocky, Rugged, Serious, Severe, Sore, Steely, Stratify, Stringent, Strong, Troublesome), سرسخت (Barnacle, Bullheaded, Diehard, Dour, Headstrong, Intransigent, Inveterate, Obstinate, Recalcitrant, Refractory, Remorseless, Stark, Stubborn, Tenacious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sitkeä (persevering, sticky, tenacious, tough, viscous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | déterminé, obstiné. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verbissen (determined, grim, grimly, obstinate, rugged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πεισματάρησ (bull-headed, contrary, cussed, mulish, obstinate, ornery, spiteful, stubborn, wilful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עקשן (adamant, bone head, contrary, headstrong, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, refractory, self willed, stiff necked, stubborn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | makacs (bullet-headed, bull-headed, contrary, contumacious, cross-grained, dour, froward, hard bitten, hard set, headstrong, hide-bound, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, self willed, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff, stiff necked, stubborn, stuffed shirt, tough, wrong-headed), kitartó (assiduous, constant, insistent, loyal, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, sustained, tough, unwavering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bandel (obstinate, stubborn, undisciplined). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | accanito (acrimonious, bitter, exacerbates, hard, hardy, obstinate, pitiless, rancorous, stand up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 強 (stubborn, tenacious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | が"きょう (glasses, ringleader, spectacles, stubborn, tenacious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shassooagh (abiding, constant, firm, insistent, invariable, persistent, resolute, stable, steadfast), reen (hard, hard-and-fast, hard-boiled, hardy, rigid, sinewy, stark, stiff, stringy, thick-skinned, thick-skinned of person), kione-daaney (bullet-headed, dour, mulish, opinionated, pertinaceous, pigheaded, recalcitrant, self-opinionated, self-willed, wayward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | trassig (defiant), seig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oggedday persistente (evergreen, insistent, lasting, obstinate, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, stiff-necked, tenacious). (various references) stãruitor (arduous, assiduous, constant, firm, instant, instantly, patient, persevering, perseveringly, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, pleading, pressing, pushing, steadfast, steady, stubborn, tenacious, trusty, urgent, zealous), perseverent (abiding, patient, persevering, perseveringly, seductive, sedulous, tenacious, unremitting, unwearied, urgent), încãpãţânat (awkward, contumacious, die hard, dour, hard, headstrong, inveterate, mule, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, opinioned, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, refractory, royalist, self willed, stolid, stubborn, tough, unwilling, wilful). (various references) упорный (contumacious, die hard, hardbitten, indomitable, obstinate, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, tenacious, unremitting, unyielding). (various references) uporan (aggressive, insistent, last ditch, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, stubborn, tenacious, unremitting), istrajan (assiduous, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unremitting). (various references) tercoso, terco (contrary, cussed, dour, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pigheaded, self-opinionated, stiff necked, stolid, stout, stubborn, tough), obstinado (balky, bullheaded, hard-headed, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, perverse, pig-headed, refractory, self willed, steadfast, stout, stubborn). (various references) seg (gluey, leathery, ropy, rubbery, tough, viscous, wiry), ihärdig (assiduous, diligent, persevering, persistent, sedulous, tenacious), envis (be obstinate, contrary, cussed, dour, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, obstinate, ornery, persistent, pertinacious, stubborn, tenacious, tough, unrelenting, wilful, wrongheaded), enveten (contrary, cussed, dour, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, obstinate, ornery, persistent, pertinacious, stubborn, tenacious, tough, unrelenting, wilful, wrongheaded). (various references) "ื้อรั้น (dyed-in-the-wool, rebel, stiff-necked, stubborn). (various references) kararlı (bent, decided, decisive, determined, firm, flat-footed, hard core, high pressure, immovable, inflexible, intent, professional, resolute, resolved, set, settled, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, stable, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, undeterred, unfaltering), inatçı (balky, bullet-head, bull-headed, cantankerous, contrary, contumacious, cussed, die hard, difficult, dour, fractious, hard bitten, hard-headed, hard-mouthed, hard-nosed, headstrong, heady, indocile, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mule, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstinate person, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, self willed, self-opinionated, set, spiky, stern, sticker, stickler, sticky, stiff necked, strongheaded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), azimli (Dauntless, dead-set on, decided, decisive, determined, flat-footed, full of zeal, hellbent, high pressure, militant, peppy, persevering, pertinacious, professional, resolute, resolved, set, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, stable, stout, strong-minded, stubborn, sturdy, undeterred, zealous). (various references) упертий (asinine, bullheaded, churlish, cobby, contumacious, cross-grained, difficile, disobedient, hard-nosed, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, opinioned, patient, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, rebellious, reluctant, restive, rowdy, self-opinionated, set, stiff necked, strong-willed, stubborn, wilful, willful), жахливо (almighty, appallingly, awfully, beastly, bitter, devilish, dreadfully, fearfully, ferociously, frightfully, grievously, horribly, lamentably, sadly, woefully), понурий (blue, chap-fallen, cheerless, dour, gloomy, morose, murky, overcast, somber, sombre). (various references) dai dẳng, rất (highly, immensely, mightily, mighty, thoroughly, thundering, very), lắm (clinking, ever, gey, highly, jolly, lousy, mighty, precious, preciously, very), lì lợm; ngoan cường, kiên trì, hết sức (all-fired, blooming, deadly, enourmously, extremely, fault, frightfuly, grossly, half, halves, handle, highly, howling, hugely, immortally, jolly, mightily, mighty, out, precious, profound, sorely, thoroughly, thundering, unco), gan lì (high-hearted, pertaincious), gan góc (gritty), cực kỳ (beastly, damned, deadly, frightfuly, mortally, most, parlous, ripping, thundering, whacking), bền bỉ (spartan, tireless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Canis lupus f.familiaris, RM:chaun. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dogged": doggedly, doggedness, doggednesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dogged": bulldogged, hotdogged, watchdogged. (additional references) | |
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"Dogged" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: daged, dagged, dagget, degged, diggen, digget, diggety, dogel, dogen, D'oger, doget, dogey, dogga, dogge, doggel, doggen, dogges, Doggets, doggid, doggle, donged, d'orge, sogged. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dogged" (pronounced dô"gd) |
| 3 | -ô" g d | clogged, logged. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-g-g-o" | |
-1 letter: dodge. | |
-2 letters: doge, eddo. | |
-3 letters: doe, dog, egg, ego, ged, god, odd, ode. | |
-4 letters: de, do, ed, go, od, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-g-g-o" | |
+2 letters: defogged, doggedly, doggoned. | |
+3 letters: demagoged, disgorged, doglegged, gudgeoned, hotdogged. | |
+4 letters: bulldogged, demagogued, dingdonged, doggedness, doggoneder, hodgepodge, outdragged. | |
+5 letters: boondoggled, doggonedest, dogsledding, goddaughter, hodgepodges, watchdogged. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01100111 01100111 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o g g e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0067 0067 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388173737170 |
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