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High dudgeon   /haɪ dˈədʒən/   Listen
High dudgeon

noun
1.
A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase 'in high dudgeon').  Synonym: dudgeon.






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"High dudgeon" Quotes from Famous Books



... sound, half-angry cry, half growl, caught up his cap, and marched out, as if in high dudgeon, while Mark lay back, staring at the open port-hole, through which came the warm glowing light of the ...
— The Black Bar • George Manville Fenn

... she?" growled Tom, walking off in high dudgeon. The quick tap of feet behind him made him turn in time to see a fresh-faced little girl running down the long station, and looking as if she rather liked it. As she smiled, and waved her bag at him, he stopped and waited for her, ...
— Happy Days for Boys and Girls • Various

... walked to the door in high dudgeon; when he was near to it, Varney said, in some of his ...
— Varney the Vampire - Or the Feast of Blood • Thomas Preskett Prest

... inflexible maid-of-honour turned a blind eye. No future, however dazzling, could compensate her for the loss of her dearest possession. "I hope," said the King at last, "I may live to see you old and willing," as he walked away in high dudgeon. To the proposed match with the Duke he point-blank refused his consent, and vowed that if his sovereign will were defied, the punishment would be in proportion to ...
— Love Romances of the Aristocracy • Thornton Hall

... there was the chance of imprisonment or a heavy fine on the criminal charge. Furthermore, if he decided to print the account of the epidemic (always supposing that he could discover what it really was), practically every local advertiser would desert him in high dudgeon over the consequent ruin of the centennial celebration. Was it better to publish an honest paper for the few months and die fighting, or compromise for the sake of life, and do what good he might through the agency of a bound, controlled, and ...
— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams


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