Can Someone Be Dogged?

The definition of dogged is stubborn, persistent and not giving up easily. An example of a dogged person is someone who will never even listen to the other side of the story in a debate. Stubbornly persevering; tenacious.

What does it mean if someone is dogged?

: having or showing the attitude of a person who wants to do or get something and will not stop trying : stubborn and determined. See the full definition for dogged in the English Language Learners Dictionary. dogged. adjective.

Is there such a word as dogged?

Tenaciously unwilling to yield: bullheaded, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, tenacious, willful.

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