high dudgeon

/haɪ ˌdʌdʒən/
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Other forms: high dudgeons

Definitions of high dudgeon
  1. noun
    a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
    synonyms: dudgeon
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    type of:
    indignation, outrage
    a feeling of righteous anger
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