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Definition: High Dudgeon |
High DudgeonNoun1. A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase "in high dudgeon"). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: High DudgeonSynonym: dudgeon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discontent | In high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor; glum, sulky; sour as a crab; soured, sore; out of humor, out of temper. |
Resentment | Flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "high dudgeon": in high dudgeon. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "high dudgeon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shumë i nxehur (in high dudgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بغضب (angrily, in high dudgeon, wrathfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | offensé dans sa dignité (in high dudgeon), en colère (in high dudgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξαγριωμένοσ (in high dudgeon), οργισμένος (angry, furious, in high dudgeon, irate, resentful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | haragban (in high dudgeon), rendkívül dühösen (in high dudgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ighhay udgeonday с глубоким возмущением (in high dudgeon), обиженный (in high dudgeon, injured, pained, resentful). (various references) uvređen (dudgeon: in high dudgeon, insulted, piqued), kivan (dudgeon: in high dudgeon). (various references) enojadísimo (in high dudgeon), bien enojado (in high dudgeon). (various references) mycket förgrymmad (in high dudgeon). (various references) hiddetli (angry, flamboyant, furious, hot-headed, in high dudgeon, volcanic, vulcanic, wrathful, wrathy), tepesi atmış (furious, heated, in high dudgeon, madding). (various references) з глибоким обуренням (in high dudgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-g-g-h-h-i-n-o-u" | |
-4 letters: dodging, dudgeon, godding, gudgeon, hedging, hounded. | |
-5 letters: digged, dinged, dogged, doggie, duding, dugong, dunged, edging, enough, gonged, gouged, guided, guidon, gundog, hidden, hinged, hodden, hoddin, hoeing, hogged, hoiden, honied, hugged, indued, nighed, nogged, nudged. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 69 67 68      44 75 64 67 65 6F 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101001 01100111 01101000 00100000 01000100 01110101 01100100 01100111 01100101 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H i g h   D u d g e o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0069 0067 0068      0044 0075 0064 0067 0065 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42757374238877073718180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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