in high dudgeon
Resentfully or furiously, with indignation or pomposity.
When civil dudgeon first grew high, \ And men fell out, they knew not why; \ When hard words, jealousies, and fears, \ Set folks together by the ears..
dudgeon
/ˈdʌd͡ʒən/
noun 4name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
high, left
VERB + DUDGEON
call, dashed, make
DUDGEON + NOUN
blood, daggers, gouts, wherewith
PREP.
from, in, in, off
ADV.
away
Definitions
noun
1
A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
All gentle folks who owe a grudge / To any living thing, / Open your ears and stay your trudge / Whilst I in dudgeon sing.
To crown his discontent, his approach was utterly unnoticed by that capricious damsel. He dashed away in dudgeon from the house at an early hour, certainly less regretted by the maid than by the master of the inn.
noun
1
A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
Turners and Cutlers, if I mistake not the matter, doe call this wood Dudgeon, wherewith they make Dudgeon hafted daggers.
2
A hilt made of this wood.
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood
3
A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.
name
1
A surname.
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All gentle folks who owe a grudge / To any living thing, / Open your ears and stay your trudge / Whilst I in dudgeon sing.
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To crown his discontent, his approach was utterly unnoticed by that capricious damsel. He dashed away in dudgeon from the house at an early hour, certainly less regretted by the maid than by the maste
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[…] I have reason to know that she took its impressment into the service of boiling my egg and broiling my bacon, in dudgeon; for I saw her, with my own discomfited eyes, shake her fist at me once […]
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Turners and Cutlers, if I mistake not the matter, doe call this wood Dudgeon, wherewith they make Dudgeon hafted daggers.
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And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood
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Tom left in high dudgeon and disgust.
Tatoeba · #10656941Usage Notes
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In some senses, dudgeon is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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