as in huff
the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity
stomped off in high dudgeon after having his honor questioned
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Recent Examples of dudgeon
Beck is in a state of high dudgeon, because there’s a big shipment due and two of his drivers are AWOL.
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Close’s game, canny performance of reliving her own past couldn’t quite obscure the ungainliness of some of Webber’s songs, the dudgeon and occasional monotony of the sung-through score, or the strain of trying to generate plot friction in a story with only four major characters.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
But the movement is flummoxed now that its style of one-way dialogue and high-dudgeon shaming is provoking sharp backlash from illiberal strongmen, right-wing populists, and the mass constituencies that support these strongmen around the globe.
—Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022
Beck is in a state of high dudgeon, because there’s a big shipment due and two of his drivers are AWOL.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Instead, the high dudgeon now heard in Tennant’s fey voice gives too much weight to the smugness of group-thinkers.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
Truth Social, meanwhile, is its own, strange creature: a social media platform born out of Donald Trump’s dudgeon at being banned from Facebook and Twitter due to his posts on those platforms.
—Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
But some Angelenos took their picket signs and their dudgeon to City Hall.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
Dederer is at her best on such complicities—her own fondness for assholes, our cultural fascination with monsters—and less convincing when in a dudgeon, or deploying her feelings and experiences as intellectual credentials.
—Laura Kipnis, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Close’s game, canny performance of reliving her own past couldn’t quite obscure the ungainliness of some of Webber’s songs, the dudgeon and occasional monotony of the sung-through score, or the strain of trying to generate plot friction in a story with only four major characters.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
But the movement is flummoxed now that its style of one-way dialogue and high-dudgeon shaming is provoking sharp backlash from illiberal strongmen, right-wing populists, and the mass constituencies that support these strongmen around the globe.
—Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022
Beck is in a state of high dudgeon, because there’s a big shipment due and two of his drivers are AWOL.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Instead, the high dudgeon now heard in Tennant’s fey voice gives too much weight to the smugness of group-thinkers.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
Truth Social, meanwhile, is its own, strange creature: a social media platform born out of Donald Trump’s dudgeon at being banned from Facebook and Twitter due to his posts on those platforms.
—Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
But some Angelenos took their picket signs and their dudgeon to City Hall.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
Dederer is at her best on such complicities—her own fondness for assholes, our cultural fascination with monsters—and less convincing when in a dudgeon, or deploying her feelings and experiences as intellectual credentials.
—Laura Kipnis, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dudgeon
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Getty Images To date, the post has amassed more than 900 comments from TikTok viewers, many of them poking fun at the golden retriever mother's annoyed expression and shallow huffs.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The chute opens, and rambunctious No. 2 bursts out with an impatient huff.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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For those on the fringes of the fan protest, maintaining the anger to rally against those in charge probably becomes harder in those circumstances.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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As the immediacy of the COVID crisis receded, public anger about the American response to it took deeper root—perhaps most prominently among some critics who are now Trump appointees.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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At the heart of Nugent’s indignation was the 2021 sting operation that entangled him and three other landowners in a legal battle with the DNR.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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That indignation, those headlines, the praise for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bravery and leadership cooling dramatically since those early days–in Europe and America.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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His ardent critics call him a peddler of dangerous misinformation, taking umbrage at Rogan’s decision to platform fringe voices such as Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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The two-page memo delivers some bad news for the umbrage machine that churns out grievances that other, less pure conservatives may have missed.—
Debra J. Saunders,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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Trump's frustration with Putin appeared to be building as Moscow expanded its ground and long-range strike operations in recent months.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Trump in recent weeks has expressed frustration with Russia as the war continues, and Friday's meeting could have key implication for peace talks as well as Russia-U.S. relations.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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But banishing the amusingly furious grumpiness of the character as written for and played by Danny DeVito flattens the friendship between him and Hercules because beyond a little early exasperation, the relationship – and by extension, the whole show – has no texture.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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My friends and family, who tended to house these errant books, generally handled the influx with a mix of good-natured exasperation and resignation.—
Jack Barlow,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025
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In a statement after the vote, Patrick did not hide his pique that the House Republican majority was not able to elevate its preferred choice for speaker.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The answer comes quickly: In a typical moment of obsessive pique, Dennis uses lab equipment to build a coffee-brewing setup and tries to get on the teachers’ good sides by serving up their super-complicated orders.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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“Dudgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dudgeon. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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