Dudgeon vs Angry - What's the difference?
dudgeon | angry |
(obsolete) A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
(obsolete) A hilt made of this wood.
(archaic) A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.
A feeling of anger or resentment (usually only in set terms, below).
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, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter XI
, passage=[...] with girls of high and haughty spirit you have to watch your step, especially if they have red hair, like Bobbie. If they think you're talking out of turn, dudgeon' ensues, and ' dudgeon might easily lead her to reach for the ginger ale bottle and bean me with it.}}
Displaying or feeling anger.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.}}
(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
Dark and stormy, menacing.
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As a noun dudgeon
is (obsolete) a kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree or dudgeon can be a feeling of anger or resentment (usually only in set terms, below).As an adjective angry is
displaying or feeling anger.dudgeon
English
Etymology 1
Apparently from (etyl) or (etyl), but the ultimate origin is obscure.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps the same as Etymology 1, above, or perhaps from (etyl) .Noun
(-)Derived terms
* in high dudgeonangry
English
Adjective
(er)- The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
- Angry clouds raced across the sky.
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