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doggednesses

doggednesses is the plural of doggedness.

Meaning of doggedness

Noun

doggedness (usually uncountable, plural doggednesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.
    • At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 26”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete, usually) sullenness; moroseness

Questions about doggednesses

What is doggednesses the plural of?
Doggednesses is the plural of doggedness.

Words near doggednesses in the dictionary

  1. dogged up
  2. doggeder
  3. doggedest
  4. doggedly
  5. doggedness
  6. doggednesses
  7. dogger
  8. Dogger Bank
  9. Dogger Bank itch
  10. doggerel
  11. doggerelism

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