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dudgeon

noun as in intense indignation

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Okay, I'm not going to get in high moral dudgeon about this.

And surely the victim is not Joe Fan, who though in high dudgeon right now—how could these athletes betray my trust!

And with that high moral dudgeon comes yet another risk to patients and hospitals: the corrosive effect of sanctimony.

As he looked across the table at his wife, he saw that the word had been taken in deep dudgeon.

He just walked straight before him in high dudgeon, taking no notice of the route by which he journeyed, or the flight of time.

And in high dudgeon Mrs. Ryan went in, slamming her door behind her with great violence.

The sparrows left in high dudgeon, and were not back again in some days, and were then very shy.

George nodded; and Margery went back rather in dudgeon, and gave the fire in the next room a fierce poke.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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