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Definition: Dudgeon |
DudgeonNoun1. A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase "in high dudgeon"). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dudgeon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Note: Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, adjective. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obsolete]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Dudgeon (The). The handle of a dagger, at one time made of box-wood root, called "dudgeon-wood;" a dagger with such a handle. Shakespeare does not say, "and on the blade o' the dudgeon gouts of blood," but "on the blade and dudgeon . . ," both blade and handle. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | DUDGEON. Anger. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: DudgeonSynonym: high dudgeon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. |
Discontent | In high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor; glum, sulky; sour as a crab; soured, sore; out of humor, out of temper. |
Hate | Umbrage, pique, grudge; dudgeon, spleen bitterness, bitterness of feeling; ill blood, bad blood; acrimony; malice; implacability; (revenge). |
Resentment | Verb: resent; take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie; breathe revenge, cut up rough. |
Pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall; heart-burning, heart-swelling; rankling. | |
Flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon. | |
Sullenness | Ill temper, bad temper, ill humor, bad humor; sulks, dudgeon, mumps, dumps, doldrums, fit of the sulks, bouderie, black looks, scowl; grouch; huff; (resentment). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dudgeon |
| Specialty definitions using "dudgeon": Clapper - dudgeons ♦ INFALAPSARIAN. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition to the Supralapsarians, who hold that that luckless person's fall was decreed from the beginning. Infralapsarians are sometimes called Sublapsarians without material effect upon the importance and lucidity of their views about Adam. Two theologues once, as they wended their way To chapel, engaged in colloquial fray -- An earnest logomachy, bitter as gall, Concerning poor Adam and what made him fall. "'Twas Predestination," cried one -- "for the Lord Decreed he should fall of his own accord." "Not so -- 'twas Free will," the other maintained, "Which led him to choose what the Lord had ordained." So fierce and so fiery grew the debate That nothing but bloodshed their dudgeon could sate; So off flew their cassocks and caps to the ground And, moved by the spirit, their hands went round. Ere either had proved his theology right By winning, or even beginning, the fight, A gray old professor of Latin came by, A staff in his hand and a scowl in his eye, And learning the cause of their quarrel (for still As they clumsily sparred they disputed with skill Of foreordination freedom of will) Cried: "Sirrahs! this reasonless warfare compose: Atwixt ye's no difference worthy of blows. The sects ye belong to -- I'm ready to swear Ye wrongly interpret the names that they bear. You -- Infralapsarian son of a clown! -- Should only contend that Adam slipped down; While you -- you Supralapsarian pup! -- Should nothing aver but that Adam slipped up. It's all the same whether up or down You slip on a peel of banana brown. Even Adam analyzed not his blunder, But thought he had slipped on a peal of thunder! G.J. |
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| "Dudgeon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.47% of the time. "Dudgeon" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 76.47% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.53% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "dudgeon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dudgeon | Last name | 1,000 | 16,968 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "dudgeon": high dudgeon ♦ in high dudgeon. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dudgeon high | 12 |
dudgeon | 11 |
neil dudgeon | 4 |
dudgeon gus | 2 |
center civic dudgeon farnham | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dudgeon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zemërim (anger, bitterness, chafe, conniption, Dander, effervescence, effervescency, exasperation, excitement, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, Paddy, paddywhack, passion, petulance, rage, rasp, spite, wax, wrath), inat (anger, blood, Dander, disappointment, down, ire, malice, miff, must, pique, rage, rampage, rancor, rancour, spunk, temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بغضب (angrily, in high dudgeon, wrathfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | яд (Dander, fume, grizzle, grudge, monkey, resentment, spite, vexation, wrath), гняв (anger, exasperation, furor, heat, ire, monkey, rage, wax, wrath), възмущение (disgust, indignation, outrage, resentment, wrath), дръжка на сабя (sword-hilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nelibost (disapproval, disfavor, disfavour, dislike, displeasure, resentment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | offensé dans sa dignité (in high dudgeon), en colère (in high dudgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Groll (anger, grievance, grudge, pique, rancor, rancors, rancour, rancours, resentment, wrath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έχθρα (animosity, animus, bad blood, enmity, feud, hatred, hostility, rancor, rancour, spite), θυμόσ (aggravation, anger, angriness, choler, fume, huff, ire, miff, rage, spleen, tantrum, temper, wrath, wrathiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "תמרמרות (embitterment, exasperation, grievance, grouch, grouchiness, resentment), רו'ז (angry, exasperation, flounce, huff, irate, sour, vexation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | harag (anger, annoyance, bad blood, Dander, fury, grudge, ill feeling, ire, irritation, rage, rancor, rancour, resentment, spite, spunk, stomach, wrath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dendam (animosity, animus, grudge, rancour, resentment, revenge, vengeance, yearning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | risentimento (pique, resentment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | udgeonday ressentimento (jealousy, pique, resentment, umbrage), indignação (dander, resentment, wrath), exasperação (exasperation, irritation). (various references) mânie (anger, choler, Dander, fume, fury, ire, mood, rage, resentment, spunk, temper, wrath). (various references) кинжал с деревянной рукояткой. (various references) sraon (offence, stumble). (various references) uvreda (affront, assault, contumely, grievance, hurt, indignity, insult, knock, offence, offense, outrage, pique, umbrage, wound). (various references) dandy (Dandy, dude), dandi (Dandy, dude), enojo (anger, annoyance, displeasure, huff, irritation), enfado (anger, annoyance). (various references) tjurighet, förtrytelse (dejection, displeasure, indignation, pique, resentment, sadness, sorrow). (various references) hiddet (anger, Bate, exasperation, flame, flare up, furor, furore, fury, Paddy, rage, sound and fury, spunk, steam, wrath), öfke (anger, berserker rage, choler, displeasure, exasperation, flare, flare up, frenzy, fume, fury, heat, huffiness, indignation, ire, irritation, pash, passion, pet, rage, sound and fury, spunk, steam, storm, temper, wax, wrath). (various references) кинджал з дерев'яною рукояткою, образа (abuse, affront, contumely, dishonor, dishonour, grievance, grouch, indignity, injury, insult, obloquy, offence, offense, opprobrium, outrage, resentment, snub, umbrage, wound). (various references) sự tức giận (anger, displeasure, exacerbation, wrath), sự phẫn nộ (dander, indignation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dudgeon": dudgeons. (additional references) | |
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"Dudgeon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Budgeon, dedgeon, Dodgion, dogen, duden. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dudgeon" (pronounced du"jun) |
| 4 | -u" j u n | bludgeon, curmudgeon, gudgeon, trudgen. |
| 3 | -j u n | allergen, antigen, burgeon, carcinogen, collegian, contagion, dungeon, engine, estrogen, glycogen, halogen, hydrogen, imagine, legion, margin, neurosurgeon, nitrogen, origin, oxygen, pathogen, pigeon, plasminogen, region, religion, smidgen, sturgeon, surgeon, virgin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-g-n-o-u" | |
-1 letter: dunged, nudged. | |
-2 letters: dodge, nudge. | |
-3 letters: doge, done, dong, dude, dune, dung, eddo, genu, gone, gude, node, nude, unde, undo. | |
-4 letters: den, doe, dog, don, dud, due, dug, dun, duo, ego, end, eng, eon, ged, gen, gnu, god, gun, nod, nog, odd, ode, one, oud, udo. | |
-5 letters: de, do, ed, en, go, ne, no, nu. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-g-n-o-u" | |
+1 letter: dudgeons, grounded, underdog, undergod. | |
+2 letters: dungeoned, gudgeoned, guerdoned, underdogs, undergods. | |
+3 letters: bludgeoned, redounding, underdoing, ungrounded. | |
+4 letters: dreadnought, outdesigned, underground, undiagnosed. | |
+5 letters: backgrounded, demodulating, dreadnoughts, foregrounded, gourmandized, overindulged, undergrounds. | |
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