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Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.

Here’s the WOW for this week :

Word:

Umbrage

Part Of Speech:

Noun [mass noun]

Derivatives:

Umbrageous adjective

Pronunciation:

/ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/

Meaning:

Offence or annoyance.

Or

A feeling of anger caused by being offended

Archaic: Shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees.

Synonyms:

Be upset, be annoyed, take offence, be offended, get huffy, be disgruntled.

Antonyms:

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Word Origin:

Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French, from Latin umbra ‘shadow’. An early sense was ‘shadowy outline’, giving rise to ‘ground for suspicion’, whence the current notion of ‘offence’.

Use In Sentence:

• Such men are easily offended, take umbrage at trifles, and are unforgiving in their resentments- Sleeper, John Sherburne
• She took umbrage at his remarks.

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