Umbrage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʌm.brɪdÊ’/

Origin

From Middle French ombrage ("umbrage"), from Old French, from Latin umbrāticus ("in the shade"), from umbra ("shadow", "shade")

Full definition of umbrage

Noun

1. Feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
• Joyce Ulysses, Episode 16--He took umbrage at something or other, that muchinjured but on the whole eventempered person declared, I let slip.
• 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, If she knew psychiatrist was observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.
2. Feeling of doubt.
3. Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees
4. (obsolete) shadow, shade
• 1602, William Shakespeare, , act V scene 1... but in the verity of extolment I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.

Synonyms

• (feeling of anger or annoyance) annoyance, displeasure, odium, offense, resentment, huff, miff, peeve, pique
• (feeling of doubt) suspicion

Derived terms

• take umbrage
• umbrageous

Verb

1. (transitive) To displease or cause offense.
2. (transitive) To shade.