Kelly stormed off in a state of high dudgeon after realizing she had been the object of a practical joke. From LearnThat.org.
Noun : We left in high dudgeon. From Dictionary.com.
So the carpet-woman went off in dudgeon, for she was sure there would not be time enough to do anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Peterkin Papers] Reference
Do you think I would be dressed like a boy? cried Nora, in dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
But, finding himself passed over, when others were promoted, he had gone off homeward in dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
"Nay, cousin Ronald," he exclaimed in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
Mrs. Deady, in high dudgeon, had gone down the street. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
And he walked away from the minstrel man in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
"It is you who are impossible," the Boy said, in dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Nurse Li at these words flew into a more violent dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Lady Finch said, now in complete high dudgeon over the matter. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Come Back]
The officer went on ahead quite unconvinced and in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
Dry-eyed we watched him take it all down and depart in a dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21] Reference
Q Was the Speaker in less of a dudgeon than he was the other day?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
It wasn't exactly high dudgeon, though, as he was smiling ruefully. From Wordnik.com. [England v Pakistan – as it happened!] Reference
"A farrier rob me of my patient!" cried the doctor, in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
"It will not end here, Lord George," said the Squire in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [The Portland Peerage Romance] Reference
"Such an insult!" stormed the lady, as she returned home in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
It lifted high in the sky, out of reach, and floated away in a gray dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
“Boy, this is fun,” he said as he stomped out in moderately high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Up, Counting Down]
Thereupon Pontiac's brow darkened and he strode off to the river in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
'It's better'n you kin' ford ter drink, 'exclaimed the bar tender, in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
But don't, when you are in high dudgeon avail yourself of them to air your resentment!. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
"Mama is in high dudgeon," she said after they had exhausted the topic of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
"A halter!" cried Ralph, in dudgeon; "you ar'n't for doing all, and the hoss-stealing too?". From Wordnik.com. [Nick of the Woods] Reference
Suddenly our fraternising was observed by some officers who came hurrying up in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
They are in theatrical high dudgeon about Clinton's waffling on the issue of military service. From Wordnik.com. [Marching To The Mainstream] Reference
Remember that, now! "and he marched away in apparent dudgeon; but they heard him singing" Onward. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
The high dudgeon expressed by foreign ministries over stolen passports is worse than hypocritical. From Wordnik.com. [An Intelligence Agency Misused Passports: OMG!] Reference
"By St. George, seize him, sirrah," exclaimed the knight, springing off his saddle in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
The South-Carolinian retreated in dudgeon, and Gurowski, chuckling, returned to his book or his paper. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
I had priced Vilebrequins before, but usually stormed out of the store in a state of high moral dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Swimwear Worthy of Self-Flagellation] Reference
When the captain had come to an end, and sunk into an estate of lowering dudgeon, Mr. Toley said quietly. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
The returnee, in high dudgeon strode down to find the gateman and in the process put his foot in the trench. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
Guns were fired, destroyers thrashed the waters, and the whole gigantic armada put to sea in haste and dudgeon …. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
In high dudgeon he retired to the capital, and it is stated that the governor intended to ship him off to Cuba; but on June. From Wordnik.com. [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference
The company seemed perfectly satisfied with this abridgment, and Macklin shut up his lecture for that evening in great dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
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