dogged C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈdɔɡɪd/ UK /ˈdɒɡɪd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj persistent and tenacious in pursuing something Her dogged determination finally wore down the committee. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · persistent and tenacious in... tenaciouspersistentdeterminedresolutestubbornunflaggingpertinacious ↔ Opposites irresoluteyieldinghalf-heartedwavering Word family Derived forms doggedlydoggedness Related forms dog Etymology AI details From dog + -ed; the figurative sense 'persistent, stubborn (as a dog with a bone)' developed in Middle English. Dog is from Old English docga, of obscure origin. docga Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dogged **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdɔɡɪd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɒɡɪd/ ## Meanings 1. persistent and tenacious in pursuing something ## Examples - Her dogged determination finally wore down the committee. ## Synonyms - tenacious - persistent - determined - resolute - stubborn - unflagging - pertinacious ## Antonyms - irresolute - yielding - half-hearted - wavering ## Derived Forms - doggedly - doggedness ## Related Forms - dog ## Roots and Affixes - Root: docga ## Etymology From dog + -ed; the figurative sense 'persistent, stubborn (as a dog with a bone)' developed in Middle English. Dog is from Old English docga, of obscure origin. ## AI Etymology Dogged is from dog + -ed; the figurative sense 'persistent, stubborn (as a dog with a bone)' developed in Middle English. Dog is from Old English docga, of obscure origin. Important recorded forms include docga (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers persistent and tenacious in pursuing something. The wider family includes derived forms such as doggedly and doggedness and related words such as dog. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown