Vocabulary
Dogged
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
having or showing tenacity and grim persistence.
Urdu meaning
سگ طبیعت، جم کر محنت کرنے والا، ضدی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- An algorithm still cannot replace a dogged reporter or a savvy investigative journalist.
- With respect to the superior judiciary, the chief justice seemed concerned about the allegations of extraneous pressure that have dogged the courts for the past many years.
- Unfortunately, major controversies have dogged the polls from the very beginning, and there is now a dark pall over the entire exercise.
- F late, Pakistan Cricket Board chief Zaka Ashraf has been dogged by controversy.
- Despite international appeals for clemency, he was executed in 1979, a decision that has for nearly five decades been dogged by allegations of judicial prejudice.
Synonyms
tenacious, determined, resolute, resolved, purposeful, persistent, persevering, pertinacious
Antonyms
hesitant, half-hearted
Curator example
“success required dogged determination”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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