in high dudgeon

Adjective

 * 1) Indignant and enraged.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Resentfully or furiously, with indignation or pomposity.
 * 2) * 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1
 * “When civil dudgeon first grew high, \ And men fell out, they knew not why; \ When hard words, jealousies, and fears, \ Set folks together by the ears..”
 * 1) * 1987, Bernard MacLaverty, short story. "The Drapery Man" (published in The Great Profumo and Other Stories, Jonathan Cape, 1987) - p.35:
 * He puts on a querulous voice and says, "Question. What particular altitude is dudgeon inevitably? Answer. High." He laughs and slaps his knees.

Translations

 * Russian: в глубо́ком возмуще́нии