Dudgeon

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1. Noun

The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.

2. Noun

The haft of a dagger.

3. Noun

A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.

4. Noun

Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.

5. Adjective

Homely; rude; coarse.

6. Noun

a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase ‘in high dudgeon’)
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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