Meaning & use
dudgeon
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A feeling of deep resentment or offense, especially as shown in an indignant or angry manner.
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He stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon after being criticized publicly.
She left the argument in a state of quiet dudgeon.
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Almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'in high dudgeon'; rarely used on its own in modern English.
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