dudgeon (redirected from dudgeons)

dudg·eon ¹  (djn)

n.

A sullen, angry, or indignant humor: "Slamming the door in Meg's face, Aunt March drove off in high dudgeon" (Louisa May Alcott).

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[Origin unknown.]

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dudg·eon ²  (djn)

n.

1. Obsolete A kind of wood used in making knife handles.

2. Archaic

a. A dagger with a hilt made of this wood.

b. The hilt of a dagger.

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[Middle English dogeon, possibly from Anglo-Norman.]

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dudgeon¹

n

anger or resentment (archaic, except in the phrase in high dudgeon)

[of unknown origin]

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dudgeon²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Obsolete a wood used in making the handles of knives, daggers, etc.

2. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Archaic a dagger, knife, etc., with a dudgeon hilt

[from Anglo-Norman digeon, of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dudgeon - a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon') high dudgeon indignation, outrage - a feeling of righteous anger

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dudgeon

in high dudgeon indignantly, angrily, furiously, in a huff, resentfully He resigned in high dudgeon.

Translations

dudgeon [ˈdʌdʒən] N in high dudgeon → muy enojado, enfurecido

dudgeon [ˈdʌdʒ^ən] n
to be in high dudgeon about sth, to be in high dudgeon over sth (= very angry) → être furieux/euse au sujet de qch

dudgeon

n in high dudgeon → sehr empört, sehr aufgebracht

dudgeon [ˈdʌdʒən] n in high dudgeon → profondamente indignato/a