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umbrage in French

umbrage in French is ombrage, ombrager — umbrage means a sense of anger or hurt that you feel when someone has offended you.

umbrage in French

ombrage
noun
ombrager
verb
(transitive) To shade.

What does "umbrage" mean?

  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."
  2. noun A sense of doubt about something.
  3. noun The leafy branches of trees that give shade.
  4. noun An area of shadow or shade.
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umbrage in a sentence

  • She looked very neurotic, moving in a jerky way, her body giving little twitches of habitual umbrage.
  • —He took umbrage at something or other, that muchinjured but on the whole eventempered person declared, I let slip.

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What is "umbrage" in French?
"umbrage" in French is ombrage, ombrager. umbrage means: A sense of anger or hurt that you feel when someone has offended you.
Are there other ways to say "umbrage" in French?
Yes — French has 2 translations listed for "umbrage": ombrage, ombrager.
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