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umbrageous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Umbrageous \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: umbrageous adj 1: 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" [syn: {shady}, {shadowed}, {shadowy}] 2: 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" [syn: {indignant}, {incensed}, {outraged}]
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