Definitions for umbrageousʌmˈbreɪ dʒəs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

um•bra•geousʌmˈbreɪ dʒəs(adj.)

  1. shady.

  2. apt to take offense.

Origin of umbrageous:

1580–90

um•bra′geous•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous(adj)

    filled with shade

    "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

  2. indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous(adj)

    angered at something unjust or wrong

    "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"

Wiktionary

  1. umbrageous(Adjective)

    Having shade; shady.

  2. umbrageous(Adjective)

    irritable, easily upset

  3. Origin: From ombrageux, or from .

Webster Dictionary

  1. Umbrageous(adj)

    forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage

  2. Umbrageous(adj)

    not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure

  3. Umbrageous(adj)

    feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious


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