| 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. |
um·brage (ŭm'brĭj) n.
[Middle English, shade, from Old French, from Latin umbrāticum, neuter of umbrāticus, of shade, from umbra, shadow.] |