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Main Entry:	dog [dawg, dog] Show IPA/dɔg, dɒg/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	chase after; bother
Synonyms:	bedog, haunt, hound, plague, pursue, shadow, tag, tail, track, trail, trouble
Antonyms:	leave alone, let go

Main Entry:	accompany
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	go or be with something
Synonyms:	associate with, attend, chaperon, come along, conduct, consort, convoy, date, dog, draft, drag, escort, follow, go along, guard, guide, hang around with, hang out, keep company, lead, look after, shadow, shlep along, show about, show around, spook, squire, stick to, string along, tag along, tailgate, take out, usher
Antonyms:	abandon, desert, leave, withdraw

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	aggravate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	annoy
Synonyms:	be at, be on the back of, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig
Notes:	to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe' irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen'
Antonyms:	appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

Long before ficus trees met weight machines, he was a dogged exerciser.

My point is not that dogged persistence and obsessive research productivity eventually pay off.

America's quest to win over hearts and minds in the war on terror has been dogged by human-rights complaints.

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Long before ficus trees met weight machines, he was a dogged exerciser.

My point is not that dogged persistence and obsessive research productivity eventually pay off.

America's quest to win over hearts and minds in the war on terror has been dogged by human-rights complaints.

But one of the chief problems that dogged his efforts was storage.

The idea was to see if the previous demand for self-discipline made the dogs less, well, dogged in working for the treats.

Not dirty as in it won't come off your clothes-although that problem has dogged construction workers for centuries.

Diesels are fuel efficient and practical, but they're dogged by a reputation for being about as much fun as a tax audit.

Heroes are to be found in all modern crusades, none braver than some of the quiet, dogged workers of the laboratories.

The sage's multiple personalities generate many of the pedagogical problems that have long dogged teachers.

The field is dogged by inconsistent terminology, with terms such as ethical and socially responsible investing also widely used.

Endless intrepid photographers and dogged tourists have been shooting the same picture from the same spot up on the terraces.

Pratt thinks she can avoid the time gap that has dogged so many game-movie tie-ins.

So far, three main concerns have dogged the health proposals.

Research on consciousness and self-awareness is dogged by ambiguity.

But your second administration was dogged by accusations of violence and corruption.

The preparations have been dogged with logistical setbacks and blunders such as inaccurate or undelivered ballot papers.

Watson is philosophical and dogged in his fight for threatened species.

Significant problems of coordination, collaboration and aid delivery dogged the disaster response effort.

He was dogged by constant and violent street protests.

Cell-phone troubles even dogged the reporting of this story.

Ninomiya became an educator, entrepreneur and politician through dogged work and self-education.

McGinnis is not alone in his dogged pursuit of military secrets.

Wurman's capacity for self-indulgence has dogged his design endeavors.

Terris's dogged and balanced reporting, topical range, and artful prose.

The dogged persistence of the standard typewriter keyboard, held to be a technological anachronism, is a great favourite.

McGreevey, who has been dogged by federal investigations since stepping down from his post amid.

Kolowich's investigative talent, dogged and thorough reporting, and flair for writing.

Struggling to make the grade at his college preparatory school and dogged by difficulty focusing on his.

The debate over whether college athletes should profit from their playing time has dogged college sports for years.

The dogged persistence of the standard typewriter keyboard, held to be a technological anachronism, is.

He approached life with a child's optimistic exuberance and was a dogged warrior for peace and the environment.

One is a misguided but dogged attempt to determine what really made a legendary killer tick.

It had long been dogged by a stereotype as a place for nerds and social misfits who shun sunlight and conversation.

All along this rally has been dogged by a contradiction.

Gibson appears to have solved a problem that has dogged digital instrument design for years.

He recounts here his dogged efforts to get published.

Wary of being entangled in the sort of lawsuits that dogged earlier moves to stamp out.

After half an hour of dogged exertion, they had crossed all but two channels-those with the deepest, fastest currents.

Google is different because of the company's simple, dogged focus on results.

O'Donnell was dogged throughout the campaign by questions about her personal and campaign finances.

Though dogged by ill-health, her final years were some of her happiest.

But the dogged efforts of local residents may turn the tower into a literal example of development knocked down to size.

The dean dismissed her as a lightweight, a criticism that dogged her for the rest of her life.

They have dogged the heels of those women sauntering up and down the sidewalk.

Some of his crabby belligerence may have been prompted by the ill-health and awful accidents that dogged his wife and children.

One of her quirks is that she's dogged by lines from the poems she's learned at.

Yet relations are dogged by fears of a new cold war, or even a hot one, breaking out.

The new race has been dogged by difficulties from the beginning.

Corporate spending is dogged by other uncertainties.

Bushehr has been dogged by problems for years and its opening was recently delayed once again.

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Main Entry:	beset
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	plague; hem in
Synonyms:	aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug, circle, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	constant
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	loyal, determined
Synonyms:	allegiant, attached, dependable, devoted, dogged, faithful, fast, persevering, resolute, staunch, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unflagging, unshaken, unwavering
Antonyms:	disloyal, fickle, flagging, inconstant, undecided, undetermined, untrue, untrustworthy

Main Entry:	determined
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	driven, persistent
Synonyms:	bent, bent on, buckled down, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, intent, mean business, obstinate, on ice, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, set on, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, unwavering
Antonyms:	flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak

Main Entry:	distress
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	worry, upset
Synonyms:	afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog, eat, get to, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound
Antonyms:	assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	doctrinaire
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	dogmatic, opinionated
Synonyms:	authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded, dictative, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, speculative, stiff-necked, stubborn, unrealistic
Antonyms:	amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive

Main Entry:	drive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	move or urge on
Synonyms:	act upon, actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on, encourage, force, goad, goose, harass, hasten, herd, hound, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, lean on, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to, railroad, ride herd on, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spirit up, spur, steamroll, stimulate, work on, worry
Antonyms:	check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop

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