dogged

¹

[daw-gid, dog-id]

adjective

1. persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious.

   a dogged worker.

   Synonyms: unyielding, inflexible, mulish, persistent

dogged

²

[dawgd, dogd]

adjective

Southern U.S.

1. doggoned; damned; confounded.

   Well, I'll be dogged!

dogged

/ ˈdɒɡɪd /

adjective

1. obstinately determined; wilful or tenacious

Other Word Forms

• doggedly adverb
• doggedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dogged¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English: “having characteristics of a dog”; dog, -ed ³

Synonym Study

See stubborn.

Example Sentences

But then, Friday and Saturday produced the kind of maddening, reality-check performances that have dogged the club repeatedly over the second half of the season.

From Los Angeles Times

In an email to The Times for a 2023 article that documented the trail of fraud allegations that dogged him, Brown said he had made mistakes in the past, but denied defrauding anyone.

From Los Angeles Times

Edman, though, has been dogged by an ankle injury for much of the summer and still appears several weeks from returning.

From Los Angeles Times

The scheme has been dogged by revelations about poor data security, potentially putting the lives of Afghans who worked with British forces at risk.

From BBC

But Lloyd’s backers maintain his dogged pursuit of the truth is why he has been entrusted with some of the department’s most politically sensitive and potentially embarrassing cases.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• hard-nosed 
• indefatigable 
• relentless 
• resolute 
• single-minded 
• staunch 
• steadfast 
• stubborn 
• tenacious 
• unflagging 
• unshakable 
• unyielding