About The Word Umbrageous
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Umbrageous
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What's The Definition Of 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"
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Umbrageous: angry | incensed | indignant | outraged | shaded | shadowed | shadowy | shady Related Terms | Find terms related to Umbrageous: See Also | Umbrageous In Webster's Dictionary \Um*bra"geous\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. ombraqeux shy,
skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See {Umbrage}.]
1. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as,
umbrageous trees or foliage.
Umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er
which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape.
--Milton.
2. Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded;
obscure. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
3. Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take,
umbrage; suspicious. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton. --
{Um*bra"geous*ly}, adv. -- {Um*bra"geous*ness}, n.
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