to be dogged

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dogged
Simple past tense and past participle of dog

At night proctors patrolled the street and dogged your steps if you tried to go into any haunt where the presence of vice was suspected.

dogged
{a} sour, morose, sullen, cross, followed
dogged
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"
dogged
Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work
dogged
{s} determined, tenacious, persevering
dogged
Stubbornly persevering, steadfast
dogged
past of dog
dogged
Sullen; morose
dogged
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. = resolute, persistent + doggedly dog·ged·ly She would fight doggedly for her rights as the children's mother. + doggedness dog·ged·ness Most of my accomplishments came as the result of sheer doggedness. dogged behaviour shows that you are very determined to continue doing something (dog)
to be dogged

    Silbentrennung

    to be dog·ged

    Türkische aussprache

    tı bi dôgd

    Aussprache

    /tə bē ˈdôgd/ /tə biː ˈdɔːɡd/
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