Dogged Definition & Meaning
dogged
- adjective
- 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" in song lyrics
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"I been praised, and I been dogged"
M1 f/ Ghostface Killah, Raye — Been Through -
"How could you do me so wrong, I don't wanna get dogged"
Smilez & Southstar — Tell Me
Words that rhyme with dogged
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- What does dogged mean?
- 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"
- What part of speech is dogged?
- Dogged is an adjective.