to be 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 — 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 …   New idioms 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

• 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

• high — [[t]ha͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ higher, highest, highs 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is high extends a long way from the bottom to the top when it is upright. You do not use high to describe people, animals, or plants. ...a house, with a high wall all around it …   English dictionary

• high — 1 /haI/ adjective MEASUREMENT/DISTANCE 1 FROM BOTTOM TO TOP something that is high measures a long distance from its bottom to its top: the highest mountain in Japan | a castle surrounded by high walls | 100 feet/30 metres etc high: a building 20 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English