in high dudgeon
Definition of in high dudgeon
formal
: feeling and usually showing that one is angry or offended She walked out of the meeting in high dudgeon.
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highplay
: rising or extending upward a great distance : taller than average, usual, or expected
: having a specified height or elevation : tall
: situated or passing above the normal level, surface, base of measurement, or elevation
: at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree
: well, luxuriously
: an elevated place or region: such as
: hill, knoll
: the space overhead : sky
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dudgeonplay
: a wood used especially for dagger hilts
: a dagger with a handle of dudgeon
: a haft made of dudgeon
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