Someone who's dogged is stubbornly persistent. In the old Looney Tunes cartoons, Wile E. Coyote's pursuit of the Road Runner is dogged. He simply will not give up.
Sullen; morose.
Adjective S.
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"
imp. & p. p.
of Dog
a.
Sullen; morose.
a.
Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent;
as, dogged resolution; dogged work.
Dogged
The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged.2.
Sullen; morose.
Usage Examples
One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.
There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
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