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- Dictionaryum·brage/ˈəmbrij/
noun
- 1. offense or annoyance: "she took umbrage at his remarks"
- 2. shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees. archaic
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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.
UMBRAGE definition: 1. to feel upset or annoyed, usually because you feel that someone has been rude or shown no…. Learn more.
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 definition: offense; annoyance; displeasure. See examples of UMBRAGE used in a sentence.
UMBRAGE meaning: 1. to feel upset or annoyed, usually because you feel that someone has been rude or shown no…. Learn more.
n. 1. offense; displeasure: to take umbrage at someone's rudeness. 2. the slightest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like. 3. leafy shade, as tree foliage. 4. shade or shadows. [1400–50; late Middle English < Old French; see umbra, -age]
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.
Definition of umbrage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Umbrage Definition. ŭmbrĭj. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. Shade; shadow. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Offense or resentment. To take umbrage at a remark. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Foliage, considered as shade-giving. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
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.
