Hypertext Webster Gateway: "umbrage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Umbrage \Um"brage\ (?; 48), n. [F. ombrage shade, suspicion,
umbrage, L. umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade.
Cf. {Umber}, {Umbratic}.]
1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a
shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.

Where highest woods, impenetrable To star or
sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. --Milton.

2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [Obs.]

The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of
reason on its side. --Woodward.

3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as
standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury
or wrong; offense; resentment.

Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. --Evelyn.

Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing
aristocracy. --Sir W.
Scott.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

umbrage
n : a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took
offence at my question" [syn: {offense}, {offence}]


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