Crossword clues for doggedness
doggedness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doggedness \Dog"ged*ness\, n.
Sullenness; moroseness. [R.]
Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.
Wiktionary
n. 1 the state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness 2 (context obsolete English) sullenness; moroseness
WordNet
n. persistent determination [syn: perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
Usage examples of "doggedness".
She was a thorough daughter of the soil in her peasantlike matter-of-factness and doggedness, and her acceptance of great lords and kings and prelates as such without idolatry or snobbery, seeing at a glance how much they were individually good for.
Then with his new glasses, which dispersed the environing mists up to a certain point, but not nearly as well as his old ones had done, had started on the flight that continues -- such is the doggedness of his pursuers!
Where Leie fluxed from wrath to smoldering despair, Maia tended toward a doggedness that settled into pure obstinacy.
Bored and fatigued by his own doggedness, he stopped at the notions counter, imagining how easy it would be to fill his pockets with shoplifted goods.