umbrage

Speech parts

1. umbrage - Noun

2. umbrage - Verb

Meaning

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

Shadowy resemblance; shadow.

The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.

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Clearly taking umbrage with the situation, Bryan Adams fired up social media and let rip, revealing some pretty damn bizarre opinions in the process. Source: Internet

Even now, on the stump again, Trump has taken umbrage that Rep. Ilhan Omar, who immigrated to the U.S. as a child, would dare have opinions about on American policy. Source: Internet

Instead, it was people like Knapp—affluent, well-educated, worldly—who took umbrage at the notion that they ought to know better than to vote the way they do. Source: Internet

Historians took umbrage at his unapologetically non-scientific approach. Source: Internet

But Mr Garten only took direct umbrage with the characterisation of the amount of money Mr Trump had paid in taxes. Source: Internet

I take umbrage at this. Source: Internet

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