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dudgeon noun [ ˈdʌdʒ(ə)n ]

• a feeling of offence or deep resentment.
• "the manager walked out in high dudgeon"
Similar: indignantly, resentfully, angrily, furiously, wrathfully, in a temper, in indignation, in anger, with resentment, with displeasure, having taken offence, having taken umbrage, in a huff, in a lather, foaming at the mouth, fit to be tied, seeing red, in a bate, in a wax, as cross as two sticks, in a paddy,
Origin: late 16th century: of unknown origin.


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