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dudgeon

[duhj-uhn] / ˈdʌdʒ ən /


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European leaders issued a joint statement External link in high dudgeon on Tuesday, insisting that “Greenland belongs to its people.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

But some Angelenos took their picket signs and their dudgeon to City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

When I asked Lewis about this on a 2019 panel at the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, he worked himself into a moral dudgeon over being accused of a racial gerrymander.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2021

But neither her dudgeon nor the Zoom itself turn out to be what they first seem; in a code-switching coda, Diamond suggests just how confusing our world’s new terrain can be.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2020

As you may know, “dudgeon” is a word that describes feeling cross, and to be in high dudgeon means feeling very cross indeed.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood


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