- a feeling of offense or resentment; anger: He had every right to express his dudgeon.
- in a state of great resentment or anger: He stood up and left the room in high dudgeon.
- 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.
- anger or resentment (archaic, except in the phrase in high dudgeon)
- a wood used in making the handles of knives, daggers, etc
- a dagger, knife, etc, with a dudgeon hilt