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dudgeon

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dudg·eon 1  (djn)
n.
A sullen, angry, or indignant humor: "Slamming the door in Meg's face, Aunt March drove off in high dudgeon" (Louisa May Alcott).
[Origin unknown.]
dudg·eon 2  (djn)
n.
1. Obsolete A kind of wood used in making knife handles.
2. Archaic
a. A dagger with a hilt made of this wood.
b. The hilt of a dagger.
[Middle English dogeon, possibly from Anglo-Norman.]
dudgeon
Noun
in high dudgeon angry or resentful: the scientist departed in high dudgeon [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dudgeon - a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
high dudgeon
indignation, outrage - a feeling of righteous anger


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The posts left vacant by Bagration, who had been killed, and by Barclay, who had gone away in dudgeon, had to be filled.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Alan in high good humour at the furthering of his schemes, and I in bitter dudgeon at being called a Jacobite and treated like a child.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
This so intensifies his dudgeon that for five minutes he is in an ill humour.
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