umbrage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French ombrage (“umbrage”), from Old French ombrage, from Latin umbrāticus (“in the shade”), from umbra (“shadow, shade”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʌm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ === Noun === umbrage (countable and uncountable, plural umbrages) A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive. Synonyms: annoyance, displeasure, odium, offense, resentment, huff, miff, peeve, pique 1796, George Washington, "Farewell Address", American Daily Advertiser: Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. A feeling of doubt. Synonym: suspicion (Can we add an example for this sense?) Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees. (obsolete) Shadow; shade. ==== Derived terms ==== take umbrage umbrageous ==== Translations ==== === Verb === umbrage (third-person singular simple present umbrages, present participle umbraging, simple past and past participle umbraged) (transitive) To displease or cause offense. (transitive) To shade. ==== Translations ==== === References === == Middle French == === Noun === umbrage m (plural umbrages) shadow