Definition of "in high dudgeon" [in high dudgeon]

• Resentfully or furiously (adverb)

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• "The worthy colonel, without running his eye over the novel document, signed it, and promised to deliver to his chief, Colonel Pearson, who was in high dudgeon when he saw that Scoville had approved the requisition."