He had his dudgeons

high theoretical dudgeon

In high dudgeon, I stalked up toward the exit. Back to my point about how anger is a process and a choice.

But various fits of huff and dudgeon ensue on other issues

Signorina Luisetta does not laugh: she looks at me, frowning, to see whether I am serious: then goes away in a dudgeon

she rushed in high dudgeon into the living room

They would go on for hours, sometimes, in high dudgeon at its outrageousness.