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Dudgeon

Dudgeon Meaning & Definition
Dudgeon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dudgeon?

[n] a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase"in high dudgeon")

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dudgeon: high dudgeon

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dudgeon: ferment | fret | fume | fury | high dudgeon | huff | humor | ire | miff | mood | pet | pique | rage | resentment | snuff | stew | temper | tiff | umbrage | wrath

See Also | indignation | outrage

Dudgeon In Webster's Dictionary

\Dudg"eon\, n. 1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. --Gerarde (1597). 2. The haft of a dagger. --Shak. 3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. --Hudibras.
\Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott.
\Dudg"eon\, a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. --Beau. & Fl.

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