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umbrage Definition

um·brage (um′brij)

noun

  1. Old Poet., Obsolete shade; shadow
  2. foliage, considered as shade-giving
  3. offense or resentment to take umbrage at a remark
  4. Archaic a semblance or shadowy appearance

Etymology: ME < OFr < L umbraticus, of shade < umbra, a shade, shadow

umbrage Synonyms

umbrage

n.

displeasure, offense, sense of injury; see anger, offense, resentment. See syn. study at offense.

umbrage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • take: He also took umbrage with the data the PCT were using to back their claims for change.
  • give: Dr. Tholuck had published some verses of a religious character, which had given umbrage to some sect or other.

Adjective modifier

  • great: However, in this case they certainly appear to have taken great umbrage at the statements made by Beverly twenty years earlier.