Associations to the word «Dogged»

Wiktionary

DOGGED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of dog
DOGGED, adjective. Stubbornly persevering, steadfast
DOGGED OUT, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of dog out
DOGGED UP, adjective. Alternative form of all dogged up

Dictionary definition

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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats