dogged Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb go after with the intent to catch
    go after; chase after; track; dog; trail; tail; tag; give chase; chase.
    • The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
    • the dog chased the rabbit
  2. adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
    tenacious; dour; persistent; unyielding; pertinacious.
    • 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

WordNet

Dog"ged adjective
Etymology
Fron. Dog.
Definitions
  1. Sullen; morose. Obs. or R.
    The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. Sir W. Scott.
  2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.

Webster 1913