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A.Word.A.Day--umbrage

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umbrage (UHM-brij) noun

1. Offense or annoyance arising from some insult.
2. Shade, as from a tree.
3. A vague suggestion or a feeling of suspicion.

[From Latin umbra (shade, shadow), which also gave us the words umbrella, adumbrate, and somber.]

"A number of judges clearly took umbrage at McDowell's comments; Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman implicitly criticised him from the bench."
Pat Leahy; Judiciary Considers McDowell's Watchdog Proposal; The Sunday Business Post (Dublin, Ireland); Jan 7, 2007.

See more usage examples of umbrage in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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