dogged
31dogged — [ˈdɒgɪd] adj determined to achieve something despite difficulties Syn: tenacious doggedly adv …
32dogged — dog•ged [[t]ˈdɔ gɪd, ˈdɒg ɪd[/t]] adj. persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious • Etymology: 1770–80 dog′ged•ly, adv. dog′ged•ness, n. syn: See stubborn …
33dogged — /ˈdɒgəd / (say doguhd) adjective having the pertinacity of a dog; obstinate. {dog + ed3. Compare crabbed} –doggedly, adverb –doggedness, noun …
34it’s dogged as does it — Similar in form to the expression easy does it. 1864 M. B. CHESNUT Diary 6 Aug. (1949) 429 ‘It’s dogged as does it,’ says Isabella. 1867 TROLLOPE Last Chronicle of Barset lxi. There ain’t nowt a man can’t bear if he’ll only be dogged... It’s… …
35(all) dogged-up — adj dressed smartly or extravagantly. The term is probably inspired by decked out or dolled up , or by the expression dog s dinner. I don t want to have to get all dogged up just to go out to dinner …
36bull-dogged — …
37doggedly — dogged ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very persistent. DERIVATIVES doggedly adverb doggedness noun …
38doggedness — dogged ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very persistent. DERIVATIVES doggedly adverb doggedness noun …
39obstinate — obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, mulish, stiff necked, pigheaded, bullheaded are comparable when they mean fixed or unyielding by temperament or nature. Obstinate implies persistent adherence, especially against persuasion or attack, to …
40obstinate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stubborn, firm, headstrong, dogged, pertinacious, opinionated, strong minded, contumacious, opinionative, contradictory, inflexible, positive, perverse, contrary, cantankerous, unimpressible, determined, convinced,… …
