HIGH DUDGEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high dudgeon mean? 

• HIGH DUDGEON (noun)
  The noun HIGH DUDGEON has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase 'in high dudgeon')

  Familiarity information: HIGH DUDGEON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH DUDGEON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase 'in high dudgeon')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

dudgeon; high dudgeon

Hypernyms ("high dudgeon" is a kind of...):

indignation; outrage (a feeling of righteous anger)

 Context examples 

And slamming the door in Meg's face, Aunt March drove off in high dudgeon.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The jongleur had put down his harp in high dudgeon.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He fled at once, and the minute it was well, "Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee," she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)