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dudgeon
1[ duhj-uhn ]
noun
- a feeling of offense or resentment; anger:
He had every right to express his dudgeon.
Synonyms: ,
dudgeon
2[ duhj-uhn ]
noun
- a kind of wood used especially for the handles of knives, daggers, etc.
- a handle or hilt made of this wood.
- a dagger having such a hilt.
dudgeon
1/ ˈʌə /
noun
- anger or resentment (archaic, except in the phrase in high dudgeon )
dudgeon
2/ ˈʌə /
noun
- obsolete.a wood used in making the handles of knives, daggers, etc
- archaic.a dagger, knife, etc, with a dudgeon hilt
Word History and Origins
Origin of dudgeon1
Origin of dudgeon2
Word History and Origins
Origin of dudgeon1
Origin of dudgeon2
Idioms and Phrases
- in high dudgeon, in a state of great resentment or anger:
He stood up and left the room in high dudgeon.
More idioms and phrases containing dudgeon
see in high dudgeon .Example Sentences
It's not just the financial press in high dudgeon over his policies.
But some Angelenos took their picket signs and their dudgeon to City Hall.
But now they're in high dudgeon because they refuse to accept a world where a Black woman has the right to make accusations against a rich white man.
A synonym for “winsome” is “cheerful,” but she is in medium dudgeon about the latest strangeness from the public schools of Fairfax County, Va., an affluent Washington suburb.
Oversized groups of partisan guests dialed up the moral dudgeon nightly.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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