take umbrage
English
Verb
take umbrage (third-person singular simple present takes umbrage, present participle taking umbrage, simple past took umbrage, past participle taken umbrage)
- To take offense.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
- “She took umbrage?”
“Yes, and she also took my head off. I don't know if you have ever been in a typhoon on the Indian Ocean.”
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- To become angry and resentful.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI:
- I know if anyone called me a carrot-topped Jezebel, umbrage is the first thing I'd take.
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Translations
to take offense
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to become angry and resentful
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