umbrage

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  1. noun Offense; resentment: took umbrage at their rudeness.
  2. noun Something that affords shade.
  3. noun Shadow or shade. See Synonyms at shade.
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  • Telemachus took umbrage, at the which Olivia wondered. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • Elliott's voice has the apt craggy but elegant world-weariness for material like the Reverend Gary Davis's "Death Don't Have No Mercy" and Son House's advice not to take unnecessary umbrage, "Grinnin 'in your Face", while Henry's arrangements range from the jaunty dobro of Hurt's "Richland Women Blues" to the piano and trilling mandolin of "Rising High Water Blues". —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Another writer might have taken umbrage, or at least told me to take a hike, fly a kite, etc. —  The Rap Sheet
  • Has there ever been anyone who has taken umbrage-taking to such hyperventilating heights? —  Blog updates
  • (NotionsCapital is campaigning to make "umbrage" a controlled substance), accusing Senator Obama of calling Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin a pig. —  NotionsCapital
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, shade, from Old French, from Latin umbrāticum, neuter of umbrāticus, of shade, from umbra, shadow.

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  1. from French ombrage, shade, shadow, from Latin umbraticus, of or pertaining to shade, being in retirement, from umbra, shade, shadow: see umbra, umber.
  2. from umbrage, n.
 

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