dudgeon

Noun

A feeling of ill humor or deep resentment.
a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
A hilt made of this wood.
A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.

Examples

He retired from the Scrabble game in high DUDGEON after his opponent challenged his valid word.

Origin / Etymology

Uncertain:
* Perhaps the same as Etymology 2, below
* Perhaps from Welsh dygen (“anger, grudge”) (from dy- + cwyn (“complaint”)), though the OED rejects this.
* Possibly from dudgen (“trash, something worthless”).
* Possibly borrowed from Italian aduggiare (“to overshadow”), similar to the semantic development of umbrage.

Synonyms

high dudgeon

Scrabble Score: 10

dudgeon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dudgeon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dudgeon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

dudgeon: valid Words With Friends Word