high dudgeon
1
9.9
- idiom
- /haɪ ˈdʌdʒən/
- Archaic
:
gran indignación
- He expressed his feelings in high dudgeon when he learned about the unfair treatment.
- a state of high dudgeon
Look, I just find all this high dudgeon really disingenuous.
- Look, I just find all this high dudgeon really disingenuous.
Examples
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And the boy retired in high dudgeon to the others, who became as indignant as he.
Fiction book (2001) -
A similar attempt was made against an Israeli cabinet minister; she canceled the trip in high dudgeon as a warrant was issued.
Blog text (7) -
And naturally, he left in a high dudgeon.
Fiction book (1996) -
Look, I just find all this high dudgeon really disingenuous.
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For he's been in high dudgeon all morning!
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She had, declared one historian in high dudgeon, passed off "an exciting adventure novel as her memoirs."
Academic text (2016) -
I told them, I have job security and excellent credit. What if I just want a loan for myself, a personal loan?" She was in high dudgeon, and her voice grew louder in a perfect arc of Long Island umbrage-taking.
Blog text (4) -
He is first heard shouting out repeated requests that "that man" be restrained from continuing to pursue him in a state of high dudgeon.
Academic text (1995) -
After the unjust comments about her work, she stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon.
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The employee resigned in high dudgeon after being overlooked for a promotion.
Synonyms
3
9.9
A strong angry feeling because you are treated unfairly
Feeling very angry and annoyed
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'dudgeon' means anger/indignation and 'high' intensifies degree, so 'high dudgeon' transparently means a strong or intense state of indignation. Although 'dudgeon' is archaic/rare (so many learners won't know the noun), if a learner knows both constituents the meaning follows predictably from standard adjective+noun composition.
Etymology
High dudgeon may come from an old word for a dagger handle, dudgeon. One popular image is of someone holding that handle up when they are angry, so the phrase came to mean 'strong, proud anger'.