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um⋅brage

[uhm-brij]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < OF; see umbra, -age


1. pique, grudge, resentment.
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um·brage   (ŭm'brĭj)   
n.  
  1. Offense; resentment: took umbrage at their rudeness.

    1. Something that affords shade.

    2. Shadow or shade. See Synonyms at shade.

  2. A vague or indistinct indication; a hint.


[Middle English, shade, from Old French, from Latin umbrāticum, neuter of umbrāticus, of shade, from umbra, shadow.]
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