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umbrage

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʌm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: annoyance, displeasure, odium, offense, resentment, huff, miff, peeve, pique

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A feeling of doubt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suspicion

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Shadow; shade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To displease or cause offense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To shade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a feeling of anger caused by being offended

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he took offence at my question

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: offense, offence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anger, choler, ire

History

Etymology

From Middle French ombrage (“umbrage”), from Old French ombrage, from Latin umbrāticus (“in the shade”), from umbra (“shadow, shade”).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chamicuro: suchi — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Czech: dotčenost — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Czech: uraženost — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Czech: pocit urážky — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • French: ombrage — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • German: Anstoß — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • German: Anstoss — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • German: Wut — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • German: Verletzung — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • German: Ombrage — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Hungarian: megütközés — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Icelandic: gremja — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Icelandic: skapraun — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Irish: múisiam — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Māori: hūngeingei — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: anstøt — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Romanian: supărare — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Romanian: ranchiună — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Russian: обида (obida) — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Russian: досада (dosada) — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Spanish: enojo — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • Spanish: ira — feeling of anger or annoyance
  • French: ombrage — shadow
  • German: Schatten — shadow
  • Icelandic: skuggi — shadow
  • Icelandic: forsæla — shadow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skygge — shadow
  • Romanian: umbră — shadow
  • Spanish: sombra — shadow
  • French: ombrager — to shade
  • German: abschatten — to shade
  • German: verschatten — to shade
  • Icelandic: skyggja — to shade
  • Icelandic: veita forsælu — to shade
  • Romanian: umbri — to shade
  • Romanian: adumbri — to shade