umbrage
offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
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.
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How to use umbrage in a sentence
Sequeda, for one, would take umbrage at the suggestion that emerging-markets investors are predatory.
Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming | by Abrahm Lustgarten | July 27, 2022 | ProPublicaWhile Takano saw the Goldstein case as bringing attention to an issue championed by Democrats, the secretary took umbrage at his involvement.
VA watchdog told prosecutors his probe of Secretary Wilkie’s effort to discredit House staffer turned up possible criminal conduct | Lisa Rein, Spencer Hsu | December 9, 2020 | Washington PostI also suspect you didn’t get far beyond the headline before going umbrage 100 on me.
Some on the Internet took umbrage with your comments to Glamour that your appearance has “never been my moneymaker.”
Anna Kendrick on ‘Pitch Perfect 2,’ Drunken Horror Stories, and Singin’ Pharrell | Marlow Stern | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMitchell takes umbrage at the notion of being defined by his sexuality.
Bring ‘Another Country’ to Broadway: Why a Hit British Classic Needs Its New York Moment | Tom Teodorczuk | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Bush took umbrage, but got over it; he clearly had enormous regard for Sharon.
But this Romney web video is a total disgrace, featuring this guy from New Hampshire taking umbrage at something Obama never said.
Well, I would take umbrage (a thing at which I excel), but for the fact that Kaufman makes some excellent points.
The vote of the house of lords also alarmed and gave umbrage to Ireland's agitators.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanThey had last year imposed a corn-law which gave umbrage to all classes of mercantile men.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanHe never made himself a Creature, but always removed and humbled those that ever gave him any umbrage.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von PllnitzIt would be unjust to take umbrage at the city because one finds none in its avenues.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherIt was always done so quietly and pleasantly one could hardly take umbrage.
A Little Girl in Old Salem | Amanda Minnie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for umbrage
/ (ˈʌmbrɪdʒ) /
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
Origin of umbrage
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