- in high dudgeon
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if you do something in high dudgeon, you do it because you are very angry.
Slamming the door in Meg's face, she drove off in high dudgeon.
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high dudgeon — noun a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase in high dudgeon ) • Syn: ↑dudgeon • Hypernyms: ↑indignation, ↑outrage … Useful english dictionary
in high dudgeon — INDIGNANTLY, resentfully, angrily, furiously; in a temper, in anger, with displeasure; informal in a huff, in a paddy, as cross as two sticks, seeing red; Brit. informal, dated in a bate, in a wax. → dudgeon * * * in high dudgeon … Useful english dictionary
in high dudgeon — index resentful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
in high dudgeon — the sponsors from Cleveland stormed out in high dudgeon Syn: indignantly, resentfully, angrily, furiously; in a temper, in anger, with displeasure; informal in a huff, seeing red … Thesaurus of popular words
in high dudgeon — angry because someone has said or done something to upset you Clara came storming into the room in high dudgeon … English dictionary
dudgeon — dudgeon1 [duj′ən] n. [16th c. ( take) in dudgeon, also endugine, prob. Anglo Fr en digeon, with reference to the hand on the dagger hilt: see DUDGEON2] anger or resentment: now chiefly in the phrase in high dudgeon, very angry, offended, or… … English World dictionary
dudgeon — ► NOUN (often in phrase in high dudgeon) ▪ deep resentment. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
dudgeon — in high dudgeon … Thesaurus of popular words
in high dudgeon — adverb resentfully or furiously … Wiktionary
high — high1 W1S1 [haı] adj comparative higher superlative highest ↑high, ↑low ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(from bottom to top)¦ 2¦(above ground)¦ 3¦(large number)¦ 4¦(good standard)¦ 5¦(containing a lot)¦ 6¦(rank/position)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
