Hypertext Webster Gateway: "umbrageous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Umbrageous \Um*bra"geous\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. ombraqeux shy,
skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See {Umbrage}.]
1. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as,
umbrageous trees or foliage.
Umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er
which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape.
--Milton.
2. Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded;
obscure. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
3. Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take,
umbrage; suspicious. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton. --
{Um*bra"geous*ly}, adv. -- {Um*bra"geous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
umbrageous
adj 1: filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the
surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on
rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
[syn: {shady}, {shadowed}, {shadowy}]
2: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial";
"incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged
disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"
[syn: {indignant}, {incensed}, {outraged}]
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