umbrage
offense or annoyance taken at a perceived slight
Word origin: From Latin umbra, shade or shadow.
Umbrage in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing umbrage in a sentence.
She took umbrage at the suggestion that her success was merely luck.
The veteran scholar took umbrage at the suggestion that her methods were outdated.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “umbrage” well
Umbrage means offense or annoyance taken at a perceived slight, and it almost always appears in the idiom to take umbrage. It is the opposite of pleasure or delight.
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complete agreement among everyone involved
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not subjected to attack or challenge
modest and not seeking to draw attention to oneself
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