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dudgeon (s) (noun), dudgeons (pl)
An angry or indignant attitude, feeling, or a resentful and rude manner: The woman walked out in high dudgeon when the clerk refused to let her look at some expensive purses simply because she was black; even though she was a millionaire.
Resentment and sullen anger.
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Angered and feeling resentment.
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dudgeon, dudgeons
An angered feeling and resentment that results in a person behaving or responding in a rude or impolite way. (2)
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