Thesaurus: dudgeon

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1. n. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.
2. n. The haft of a dagger.
3. n. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.
4. n. Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
5. a. Homely; rude; coarse.
6. n. a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase ‘in high dudgeon’)
7. 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. Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.
8. Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.Sir T. Scott.
9. n:100 n. a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')