dudgeon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dudgeon
    n 1: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the
         phrase `in high dudgeon') [syn: {dudgeon}, {high dudgeon}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n.
   1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were
      made. --Gerarde (1597).
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   2. The haft of a dagger. --Shak.
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   3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. --Hudibras.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.]
   Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
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         I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.
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         Sir T. Scott.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, a.
   Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.]
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         By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon,
         I would not be an ass.                   --Beau. & Fl.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "dudgeon":
      ferment, fret, fume, fury, high dudgeon, huff, humor, ire, miff,
      mood, pet, pique, rage, resentment, snuff, stew, temper, tiff,
      umbrage, wrath
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