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in high dudgeon

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in high dudgeon (humorous)

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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A violent quarrel arose between him and Lisa, and he left the boat in high dudgeon. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context The jongleur had put down his harp in high dudgeon. The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context More results

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