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- Dictionaryumbrage/ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. offence or annoyance: "she took umbrage at his remarks"
- 2. shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees. archaic
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UMBRAGE definition: 1. to feel upset or annoyed, usually because you feel that someone has been rude or shown no…. Learn more.
The meaning of UMBRAGE is a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult. How to use umbrage in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Umbrage.
noun. offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness. Synonyms: resentment, grudge, pic. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like. leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees.
When someone takes umbrage at something, they find it offensive, and it probably makes them angry. Umbrage comes from the same source as umbrella, the Latin umbra, "shade, shadow."
UMBRAGE meaning: 1. to feel upset or annoyed, usually because you feel that someone has been rude or shown no…. Learn more.
n. 1. displeasure or resentment; offence (in the phrase give or take umbrage) 2. the foliage of trees, considered as providing shade. 3. rare shadow or shade. 4. archaic a shadow or semblance. [C15: from Old French umbrage, from Latin umbrāticus relating to shade, from umbra shade, shadow]
Definition of umbrage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic, 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.
umbrage. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English um‧brage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ noun → take umbrage (at something) Examples from the Corpus umbrage • The Republicans, naturally, take umbrage at predictions about what they might do. • If they take umbrage, then they were never a proper friend in the first place.
um•brage (um′ brij), n. 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.
