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UMBRAGEOUS
indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous
(adjective) 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”
shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
umbrageous (comparative more umbrageous, superlative most umbrageous)
Having shade; shady; having shade provided by thick foliage.
(figuratively) Irritable, easily upset.
Source: Wiktionary
Um*bra"geous, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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