Dogged, a.
- 1. Sullen, sour, morose, churlish, growling, surly, snarling, snappish.
- 2. Stubborn, obstinate, wilful, mulish, inflexible, pertinacious, unyielding, headstrong, intractable, impracticable,
cantankerous, perversely resolute.
Doggish, a. Snarling, snappish, growling, churlish, surly, sullen, sour, morose, dogged.
Dog-grass, n. See dog’s-grass.
Dogma, n. Doctrine, tenet, opinion, principle, article of faith.
Dogmatic, Dogmatical, a.
- 1. Authoritative, formal, categorical, settled.
- 2. Positive, confident, peremptory.
- 3. Arrogant, overbearing, magisterial, oracular, dictatorial.
- 4. Doctrinal, setting forth doctrines, expounding dogma.
Dogmatism, n.
- 1. Positiveness of opinion, arrogance of assertion.
- 2. (Met.) Uncritical or naïve thinking, assumption of first principles, uncritical use of principles.
Dogmatist, n. Magisterial teacher, arrogant asserter.
Dogmatize, v. n. Assert positively, speak with an air of authority, express one’s self arrogantly.
Dog’s-grass, n. Knot-grass, quick-grass, couch-grass, wheat-grass, dog-wheat, dog-grass, witch-grass, quitch-grass, quickens (Triticum repens).
Dog-star, n. Sirius, Canicula.
Doings, n. pl. Deeds, actions, acts, transactions.
Dole, n.
- 1. Apportionment, allotment, distribution.
- 2. Part, share, portion.