Definitions
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
Word origin
From Middle French ombrage (“umbrage”), from Old French ombrage, from Latin umbrāticus (“in the shade”), from umbra (“shadow, shade”).
Used in a sentence
“—He took umbrage at something or other, that muchinjured but on the whole eventempered person declared, I let slip.”
“She looked very neurotic, moving in a jerky way, her body giving little twitches of habitual umbrage.”
“If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Feeling of offense”7 letters
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