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umbrage
[ uhm-brij ]
noun
- offense; annoyance; displeasure:
to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
Synonyms: , ,
- the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.
- leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees.
- shade or shadows, as cast by trees.
- a shadowy appearance or semblance of something.
umbrage
/ ˈʌɪ /
noun
- displeasure or resentment; offence (in the phrase give or take umbrage )
- the foliage of trees, considered as providing shade
- rare.shadow or shade
- archaic.a shadow or semblance
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of umbrage1
Example Sentences
And as it turned out, all the groups the Democrats strove to stir to wounded umbrage weren’t much moved, and they weren’t impressed by the Democrats’ constantly being overcome by the vapors.
He was no fan of Donald Trump, taking particular umbrage at those who tried wrapping him in the Reagan mantle.
Pansy takes umbrage with just about everything in life: parking lot dynamics, cheery store associates, the noise of the outside world, the decorative pockets on baby clothes.
In an era where we have few obstacles to affairs, this scenario works; Warren’s daughter Kat is at once an avatar of umbrage and of loss.
Relying on simply repeating Trump’s tirades to stoke voters’ umbrage has never worked, and it won’t work now.
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