US /ʌmˈbreɪdʒəs/ UK /ʌmˈbreɪdʒəs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    giving shade; shady; or easily offended

    They rested in the umbrageous shelter of the ancient oaks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · giving shade; shady; or... shadyshadedleafyshelteredtouchyirritable
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms umbrageouslyumbrageousness
Related forms umbrageumbraumberpenumbra

Etymology

From umbrage + -ous, or from French ombrageux, ultimately from Latin umbra ('shadow'). It carries both the literal sense 'giving shade' and the figurative 'easily offended'.

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