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noun

Umbrage n.

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."

Shadowy resemblance; shadow. (Obs.) "The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side."

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." "Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy."

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"Umbrage" Quotes from Famous Books

... enjoyed a happy neutrality; but we feared that, if we left the Spanish colonies, we might find some obstacles to our return. With the ample freedom which in a moment of favour had been granted to us, we did not consider it prudent to hazard anything that might give umbrage to the local authorities. We employed our time in completing the Flora of Cumana, geologically examining the eastern part of the peninsula of Araya, and observing many eclipses of satellites, which confirmed the longitude of the place already obtained by other means. We also made experiments ...

— Equinoctial Regions of America V3 • Alexander von Humboldt

... the Champs-Elysees filtered its rays through the symmetrical umbrage inclosing the graveled space about Daurent's restaurant, and Miss West, seated at a table within that privileged circle, presented to the light a hat much better able to sustain its scrutiny than those which had sheltered the ...

— Tales Of Men And Ghosts • Edith Wharton

... told Brax he had said so,—more than one somebody, probably, for Brax had many an adviser to help keep him in trouble. The order that Cram should appear for instruction in review of infantry and artillery combined gave umbrage to the battery commander, and his reported remarks thereupon, renewed cause for displeasure to ...

— Waring's Peril • Charles King

... how one day Dr. Wilde had got her in a kneeling position at his feet, when he took her in his arms, declaring that he would not let her go until she called him William. Miss Travers refused to do this, and took umbrage at the embracing and ceased to visit at his house: but Dr. Wilde protested extravagantly that he had meant nothing wrong, and begged her to forgive him and gradually brought about a reconciliation which was consummated ...

— Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) - His Life and Confessions • Frank Harris

... thou taken, Mary! In thy fair and glorious prime, Ere the bees had ceased to murmur Through the umbrage of ...

— Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems • W.E. Aytoun

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