Today's Word "dudgeon"
A fit of intense indignation
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Published in Vocabulary
dudgeon \DUH-juhn\ (noun) - A state or fit of intense indignation; resentment; ill humor -- often used in the phrase "in high dudgeon."
"Clarice had managed to work herself into a high dudgeon over the pet peeves and pecadillos of her latest beau."
The origin of dudgeon is unknown.