umbrage

UK: /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ US: /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ ,(um′brij)

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um•brage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/   n. [uncountable]

1. offense;
   displeasure:
   to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

um•brage  (um′brij), n. 

1. offense;
   annoyance;
   displeasure:
   to feel umbrage at a social snub;
   to give umbrage to someone;
   to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.
3. leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees.
4. shade or shadows, as cast by trees.
5. a shadowy appearance or semblance of something.

• Old French; see umbra, -age
• late Middle English 1400–50

Synonyms

• 1. . pique, grudge, resentment.

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umbrage / ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ noun

1. displeasure or resentment; offence (in the phrase giveortake umbrage)
2. the foliage of trees, considered as providing shade
3. shadow or shade

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French umbrage, from Latin umbrāticus relating to shade, from umbra shade, shadow