in high dudgeon
idiom
formal
: feeling and usually showing that one is angry or offended
She walked out of the meeting in high dudgeon.
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As Molly and Jake argue about the best way to confront the problem, Jake—in high dudgeon, waving his finger like a baton—makes the case for a rent strike, tearing up his rent check and calling for a building-wide protest.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Whereas Trump craved the spotlight, held rallies and spent every waking hour in high dudgeon, often on Twitter, Biden avoided appearances and interviews.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
The biographer even gives the loss as the reason for the playwright’s leaving Athens in high dudgeon for the court of the tyrant Hieron.
—A.e. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
The University of North Carolina’s plan for a new school for free speech put the faculty in high dudgeon and the school’s accreditor jumped to attention, promising to investigate.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
Radek Sikorski was in high dudgeon, and rightly so.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Oct. 2021
On Thursday, the asymmetrical reaction from the two parties — with Democrats in high dudgeon and Republicans relatively muted — hinted at how the two sides may approach the issue in the midterm campaign.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Whereas Trump craved the spotlight, held rallies and spent every waking hour in high dudgeon, often on Twitter, Biden avoided appearances and interviews.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
The biographer even gives the loss as the reason for the playwright’s leaving Athens in high dudgeon for the court of the tyrant Hieron.
—A.e. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
The University of North Carolina’s plan for a new school for free speech put the faculty in high dudgeon and the school’s accreditor jumped to attention, promising to investigate.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
Radek Sikorski was in high dudgeon, and rightly so.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Oct. 2021
On Thursday, the asymmetrical reaction from the two parties — with Democrats in high dudgeon and Republicans relatively muted — hinted at how the two sides may approach the issue in the midterm campaign.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
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“In high dudgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20high%20dudgeon. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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