dudgeon

nounintense indignation

Synonyms for dudgeon

noun intense indignation

Antonyms for dudgeon

huff

noun. bad mood

Word Origin & History

1570s, duggin, of unknown origin. One suggestion is Italian aduggiare "to overshadow," giving it the same sense development as umbrage. No clear connection to earlier dudgeon (late 14c.), a kind of wood used for knife handles, which is perhaps from a French word.

Example Sentences for dudgeon

Meanwhile, the housekeeper, on leaving the library, had gone to her own room in dudgeon.

And he went off in dudgeon, leaving me very lonely and miserable.

The name of the little hucksters across the way was Dudgeon.

John Dudgeon was there, and Mrs. John, and several offshoots of the Dudgeon tree.

But,” she continued after a pause, “which Mr. Dudgeon is it—the one with a wife, or the one without?

He retired at length in dudgeon, and Stephen called on Paul for a song.

Southey supplies us with an illustration of the moon in a fit of dudgeon.

Indirectly, he was the pivot on which the course of Dudgeon's life turned from the normal.

Dudgeon had spoken, and no power on earth would change him from his purpose.

She made me swear not to rest till we had revenged her on Dudgeon.

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Synonyms for dudgeon

Antonyms for dudgeon

huff

rancor

rancorousness

resentfulness

resentment

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rancor

rancorousness

resentfulness

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