Definitions for dudgeons

dudgeons dudg·eon

Spelling: [duhj-uh n]
IPA: /ˈdʌdʒ ən/

Dudgeons is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in dudgeons (ddegnosu).

Definitions for dudgeons

noun

  1. a feeling of offense or resentment; anger:
  2. a kind of wood used especially for the handles of knives, daggers, etc.
  3. a handle or hilt made of this wood.
  4. a dagger having such a hilt.

Origin of dudgeons

First recorded in 1565-75; origin uncertain

Examples for dudgeons

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

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

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

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

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

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

"I made that tea for myself, Mr. dudgeon," Durham exclaimed.

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

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

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

Word Value for dudgeons
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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