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Examples of umbrage
umbrage
As a so-called IT warden, I take umbrage with this uninformed ad hominem attack.
From the techcrunch.com
Brazzle took umbrage to the hit and was quickly surrounded by a sea of Wildcats.
From the news-journalonline.com
Several took umbrage not with the restaurant staff but with their fellow diners.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I also take umbrage with the implication that in some way rap music is immature.
From the guardian.co.uk
The only real thing I take umbrage at is the mild embarrassment at being British.
From the guardian.co.uk
Philip expressing belated umbrage for the conception of Leo on royal bedsheets?
From the independent.co.uk
The guardian of French takes umbrage at the suggestion his name might be English.
From the online.wsj.com
You are sensitive to what others say and do now and are inclined to take umbrage.
From the kansas.com
Welcome to the wonderful world of umbrage, the new language of American politics.
From the time.com
- A feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"
- (umbrageous) shady: 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"
- (umbrageous) indignant: 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"
- (umbrageous) Having shade; shady; irritable, easily upset
- (n.) resentment, offense (He called me a lily-livered coward, and I took umbrage at the insult.)
- (1087) shade; shadow; foliage, considered as shade-giving.
- N. 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. ...
- Offense; resentment, hurt pride, shadow
