take umbrage en · VERB
Meanings
-
To take offense.
Some lawmakers took umbrage.
2025 February 11, Patrik Jonsson, “Trump, Musk want to curb FEMA. Its North Carolina response says volumes.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:“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.”
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:Mr Ng then said: "The fact that you dare to question the SPH title for, in your words, 'conceding to the advertisers', I take umbrage in that comment."
2021 May 8, Justin Ong, “SPH CEO's 'umbrage' sees flood of creative memes, merchandise and more online”, in The Straits Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taking umbrage | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| took umbrage | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| takes umbrage | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| taken umbrage | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
hu megütközik (to take offense) · hu megsértődik (to take offense) · hu megbántódik (to take offense)