in high dudgeon

1. Furiously, resentfully, as in He stormed out in high dudgeon. This term is the only surviving use of the word dudgeon, whose origin has been lost. [c. 1600]

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For it is a rare, brave soul who will stand up to a figure of authority in high dudgeon, a fact that Penelope now hoped to take advantage of.

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“I think painting is his true calling. Perhaps someday there will be an entire gallery at the British Museum devoted to his art. And Cassiopeia has a fierce sense of justice, don’t you agree? And the courage to stand up to figures of authority in high dudgeon. I would not be surprised if she sat on the bench someday.”

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“It appears that Lady Constance is in high dudgeon,” Miss Penelope Lumley thought to herself, as she stood just outside the doorway of the lady’s private parlor.

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As you may know, “dudgeon” is a word that describes feeling cross, and to be in high dudgeon means feeling very cross indeed.

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Only an exceedingly fortunate, patient, and sweet-tempered person can go through life without ever feeling in high dudgeon, and that was just as true in Miss Penelope Lumley’s day as it is in our own.

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