in high dudgeon adjective 1prepositional phrase 1 adjective1 •Indignant and enraged.“[…] But wandering here and there, incognito in a vapor, so much wickedness did Vivo spy out, that in high dudgeon he hurried up his ladder, knocking the mountains from under him as he went. […]” — 1849 prepositional phrase1 •Resentfully or furiously, with indignation or pomposity.When civil dudgeon first grew high, \ And men fell out, they knew not why; \ When hard words, jealousies, and fears, \ Set folks together by the ears.. — 1663
