dogged, adj. 1. determined, earnest, fixed, intent; steadfast, firm, purposeful, deliberate; constant, persevering, staunch, stanch; game, spunky, plucky, gritty; tenacious, relentless, bent on, Inf hellbent, do-or-die; unhesitating, unfaltering, unflinching, unwavering, unflagging; indomitable, indefatigable, untiring.
2. stubborn, mulish, obstinate, set, pigheaded, bullheaded, stubborn as a mule or ox; inflexible, unmovable, unyielding, unbending, obdurate, impervious; intractable, intransigent, refractory, perverse, willful, recalcitrant, headstrong; resistant, difficult, forward, opinionated, opinioned.
dogma, n. 1. creed, credo, doctrine, teachings; tenet, tenent, maxim, precept, axiom; code, canon, rule, principle, article or principle of faith, credendum. 2. conviction, belief, firm belief, fixed opinion; theory.
dogmatic, adj. dogmatical, doctrinaire, doctrinal; assertive, insistent, emphatic, imperative, authoritative; authoritarian, domineering, imperious, overbearing, pushing, Inf. pushy; opinionated, bigoted, prejudiced, biased, one-sided, narrow-minded, intolerant, fanatical.
dogmatism, n. presumption, positiveness, peremptoriness, opinionatedness; arrogance, imperiousness, high-handedness; bigotry, intolerance, closedmindedness.
doing, rt. 1. action, performance, execution, effectuation, implementation, enactment; accomplishment, achievement, realization; act, deed, work, handiwork, exploit, enterprise, feat, stunt.
2. affair, concern, matter, business, Inf. job.
3. doings deeds, actions, exploits, handiwork; affairs, matters, concerns, dealings; accomplishments, achievements; events, happenings, proceedings, transactions, Inf. goings-on.
dole, n. 1. share, portion, allotment, lot, parcel, quota, moiety; modicum, pittance, pinch, mite, driblet, drop in the bucket, Inf. smidgen.
2. apportionment, allocation, distribution, division, disposal; dispensation, issuance, administration.
3. alms, charity, SI. handout; subsidy, stipend, allowance; unemployment, unemployment compensation, workmen's compensation, SI. unem, Brit. SI. the brew; welfare, food stamps; social security, medicare, medicaid.
-v. 4. donate, present, give, give away.
5. dole out ration, allot, deal out, mete out, parcel out, portion out; distribute, dispense, issue, administer.
doleful, adj. sorrowful, mournful, disconsolate, depressed, dejected, cheerless, joyless, dolorous; gloomy, melancholy, sad, blue, Inf down in the dumps, Inf down in the mouth; pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, piteous, wretched,
doll, n. 1. figure, figurine, Baby Talk, dolly; toy soldier, puppet, muppet, marionette; toy, plaything.
2. Usu. Offensive, woman, girl; All SI. gal, dame, chick, broad, dumb broad, babe, tomato, skirt, jill, cutie, filly, Brit, bird, Brit, lemon,
dollar, n. All SI. buck, smacker, smackaroo, greenback, fish, frogskin, skin,
dolor, n. sorrow, grief, Archaic, dole, sadness, ruth, heartache, heartbreak; anguish, misery, Archaic, bale; bereavement, lamentation, mourning; ache, pain, hurt, suffering, Archaic, teen; torture, torment, agony; wretchedness, desolation, heaviness of heart, despondency, despair, slough of despair, moroseness, depression, oppression; melancholy, disconsolateness, unhappiness, infelicity.