different between dudgeon vs angry

English

Etymology 1

Middle English dogeon, apparently from Anglo-Norman or Middle French, but the ultimate origin is obscure. Compare French douve (“stave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?d??n/

Noun

dudgeon (plural dudgeons)

1. (obsolete) A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gerarde (1597) to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) A hilt made of this wood.
   • "And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood" (Shakespeare, Macbeth)
3. (archaic) A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain:

• Perhaps the same as Etymology 1, above
• Perhaps from Welsh dygen (“anger, grudge”) (from dy- + cwyn (“complaint”)), though the OED rejects this.
• Possibly from dudgen (“trash, something worthless”).
• Possibly borrowed from Italian aduggiare (“to overshadow”), similar to the semantic development of umbrage.

Noun

dudgeon (uncountable)

1. A feeling of anger or resentment.

Usage notes

Usually found only in set terms, see below.

Derived terms

• humdudgeon
• in high dudgeon

References

Further reading

• “dudgeon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From Middle English angry; see anger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?.??i/
• Rhymes: -æ??ri

Adjective

angry (comparative angrier, superlative angriest)

1. Displaying or feeling anger.
2. (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.

   The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.

3. (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.

   Angry clouds raced across the sky.

Usage notes

• The comparative more angry and the superlative most angry are also occasionally found.

• The sense “feeling anger” is construed with with or at when the object is a person: I’m angry with/at my boss. It is construed with at or about when the object is a situation: I’m angry at/about what he said. When both a person and a situation are given, the latter is construed with for instead: I’m angry with/at my boss for what he said.

Synonyms

• (displaying anger): mad, enraged, wrathful, furious, apoplectic; irritated, annoyed, vexed, pissed off, cheesed off, worked up, psyched up
• See also Thesaurus:angry

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Anger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rangy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• angri, angrye

Etymology

From anger +? -y, from Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?ri?/

Adjective

angry (superlative angriest)

1. Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions)
2. Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful.
3. Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful.

Derived terms

• angrily
• angrynes

Descendants

• English: angry
• Scots: angry

References

• “angr?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.