dogged
Stubbornly persevering, steadfastStubbornly persevering, steadfast
» It is the dogged who wins.
shanghainese · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesStubbornly persevering, steadfast
beharrlich, hartnäckig, stur
настырныйnastyrnyj, упёртыйupjórtyj
stubbornly unyielding
Examples
6 sentencesIt is the dogged who wins.
Misfortune dogged him all his life.
His dogged efforts eventually paid off.
deSeine verbissenen Anstrengungen zahlten sich schließlich aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She is dogged by misfortune.
deSie wird vom Pech verfolgt. — raggione
He was also dogged by allegations that he had ties to Chinese criminal gangs known as triads, which he denied.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English dogged, doggid, doggyd (“characteristics similar to that of a dog”), eFrom Middle English dogged, doggid, doggyd (“characteristics similar to that of a dog”), equivalent to dog + -ed.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
more dogged, most dogged| Comparative | more dogged Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most dogged Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
61 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.