umbrage

WOTD - 13 July 2007    

English

Etymology

From [[w:Template:lang:la language|Template:lang:la]][[Category:Template:lang:la derivations]] umbrāticus "in the shade", from umbra "shadow, shade"

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʌm.brɪdʒ/
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Noun

Singular umbrage

Plural -

umbrage (-)

1. Feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
2. Feeling of doubt.
3. (obsolete) shadow, shade
4. Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees

Quotations

shadow

• 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 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
• (feeling of doubt): suspicion

Translations

• Icelandic: þykkja f., gremja f., skapraun f., skuggi m. (3), forsæla f. (3), laufskrúð n., laufskrúð sem veitir forsælu n.

Derived terms

• take umbrage

Verb

Infinitive to umbrage

Third person singular umbrag

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to umbrage (third-person singular simple present umbrag, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

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

Translations

• Icelandic: skyggja (2), veita forsælu (2)

Related terms

• umbrageous

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