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What (who) is dudgeon - definition


dudgeon         
FAMILY NAME
Dudgeon (disambiguation)
n.
Anger, resentment, indignation, ire, malice, ill-will.
dudgeon         
FAMILY NAME
Dudgeon (disambiguation)
If you say that someone is in high dudgeon, you are emphasizing that they are very angry or unhappy about something.
Washington businesses are in high dudgeon over the plan.
PHRASE: v-link PHR [emphasis]
Dudgeon         
FAMILY NAME
Dudgeon (disambiguation)
·adj Homely; rude; coarse.
II. Dudgeon ·noun The haft of a dagger.
III. Dudgeon ·noun A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.
IV. Dudgeon ·noun Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
V. Dudgeon ·noun The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.

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Dudgeon
Dudgeon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Examples of use of dudgeon
1. Two of the state‘s three delegates had left Philadelphia in high dudgeon.
2. Instead of going into high–dudgeon mode, let‘s put him on the couch.
3. Please hold the high dudgeon about how a cheesy television show isn‘t sufficiently grim for op–ed pontification.
4. There‘s nothing in the report that indicates he was combative, argumentative or anything like that," Dudgeon said.
5. So we burned the tapes and started again, hiring Elton John‘s producer Gus Dudgeon to handle the project.