um·brage /ˈʌmbrɪʤ/
不快,憤怒,陰影,樹蔭,懷疑
Um·brage n.
1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.
Where highest woods, impenetrable
To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. --Milton.
2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [Obs.]
The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. --Woodward.
3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.
Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. --Evelyn.
Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy. --Sir W. Scott.
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umbrage
n : a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took
offence at my question" [syn: offense, offence]