Word Meanings - DOGGED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Sullen; morose. The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. Sir W. Scott. 2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DOGGED)

• Pertinacious
• Obstinate
• persistent
• wilful
• dogged
• persevering
• determined
• unyielding
• Resolute
• Determined
• decided
• steadfast
• fixed
• steady
• constant
• stout
• pertinacious
• energetic
• stout-hearted
• inflexible
• undaunted
• undeviating
• unflinching

Related words: (words related to DOGGED)

• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• PERSEVER
  To persevere.
• UNDAUNTABLE
  Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. Bp. Hall.
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• DECIDEMENT
  Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl.
• CONSTANTIA
  A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.
• FIXTURE
  Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person
• INFLEXIBLE
  1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding. 2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. "Inflexibleas steel." Miltom. Amanof upright and inflexibletemper
• PERSEVERANT
  Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv.
• DOGGET
  Docket. See Docket.
• DECIDUOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being deciduous.
• OBSTINATE
  a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob + a word from the 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
• DOGGERMAN
  A sailor belonging to a dogger.
• FIXING
  Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. (more info) 1. The act or process of making fixed. 2. That which is fixed; a fixture. 3. pl.
• PERTINACIOUS
  1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar. 2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady. Diligence is a steady, constant,
• STEADFASTNESS
  The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith." Col. ii. 5. To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. Chaucer.
• PERSISTENTLY
  In a persistent manner.
• FIX
  Fixed; solidified. Chaucer.
• RESOLUTENESS
  The quality of being resolute.
• DECIDEDLY
  In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.
• AFFIXION
  Affixture. T. Adams.
• INDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
• UNDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.
• CONFIXURE
  Act of fastening.
• PREDETERMINATION
  The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.
• PREFIX
  prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, 1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. 2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle