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umbrage

nounGraduateELO 1,550SATGRECAT
DEFINITION

a feeling of anger caused by being offended

WEBSTER'S 1913

Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.

ETYMOLOGY

Lat 'umbra' shadow

SYNONYMS
IN LITERATURE

He interrupted me in the middle of a commonplace remark, and to this effect: 'You are either a most fortunate or a most unfortunate young man!' So profoundly penetrated with thoughtfulness was the tone of his voice that I could not take umbrage.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

Inter-Allied tensions grew as the American commanders, Patton and Omar Bradley (then commanding US II Corps under Patton), took umbrage at what they saw as Montgomery's attitudes and boastfulness.

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