umbrage
10 synonyms for umbrage, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A sense of anger or hurt that you feel when someone has offended you.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A sense of anger or hurt that you feel when someone has offended you.
“She looked very neurotic, moving in a jerky way, her body giving little twitches of habitual umbrage.”
Etymology
It comes from Middle French ombrage ("umbrage"), from Old French ombrage, from Latin umbrāticus ("in the shade"), from umbra ("shadow, shade").
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