as in offence
the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity
took umbrage at the slightest suggestion of disrespect
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Recent Examples of umbrage
Pages had taken umbrage with getting hit in Monday’s series opener then had four hits with two home runs in Tuesday’s game, when Shohei Ohtani was hit by a pitch after the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. was plunked.
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Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
Trump reportedly took umbrage at Netanyahu accepting former President Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 June 2025
Cowboys fans take umbrage at such claims, but there’s little doubt that the Chiefs games generate monster television numbers.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
When Vice-President Kamala Harris stopped by Call Her Daddy as part of her campaign trail over the weekend, critics took predictable umbrage.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
Trump reportedly took umbrage at Netanyahu accepting former President Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 June 2025
Cowboys fans take umbrage at such claims, but there’s little doubt that the Chiefs games generate monster television numbers.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
When Vice-President Kamala Harris stopped by Call Her Daddy as part of her campaign trail over the weekend, critics took predictable umbrage.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for umbrage
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Getty Images To date, the post has amassed more than 900 comments from TikTok viewers, many of them poking fun at the golden retriever mother's annoyed expression and shallow huffs.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The chute opens, and rambunctious No. 2 bursts out with an impatient huff.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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For those on the fringes of the fan protest, maintaining the anger to rally against those in charge probably becomes harder in those circumstances.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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As the immediacy of the COVID crisis receded, public anger about the American response to it took deeper root—perhaps most prominently among some critics who are now Trump appointees.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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Trump in recent weeks has expressed frustration with Russia as the war continues, and Friday's meeting could have key implication for peace talks as well as Russia-U.S. relations.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Trump's frustration with Putin appeared to be building as Moscow expanded its ground and long-range strike operations in recent months.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Aug. 2025
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At the heart of Nugent’s indignation was the 2021 sting operation that entangled him and three other landowners in a legal battle with the DNR.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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That indignation, those headlines, the praise for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bravery and leadership cooling dramatically since those early days–in Europe and America.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Beck is in a state of high dudgeon, because there’s a big shipment due and two of his drivers are AWOL.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Close’s game, canny performance of reliving her own past couldn’t quite obscure the ungainliness of some of Webber’s songs, the dudgeon and occasional monotony of the sung-through score, or the strain of trying to generate plot friction in a story with only four major characters.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
21 Oct. 2024
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But banishing the amusingly furious grumpiness of the character as written for and played by Danny DeVito flattens the friendship between him and Hercules because beyond a little early exasperation, the relationship – and by extension, the whole show – has no texture.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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My friends and family, who tended to house these errant books, generally handled the influx with a mix of good-natured exasperation and resignation.—
Jack Barlow,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025
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What better excuse to bring together a motley crew of characters who know exactly how best to push one another’s buttons and dredge up long-simmering resentments in the process?—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
8 Aug. 2025
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Those sentiments — resentment that Black people did not appreciate California’s efforts at desegregation, anger that Black people would resort to violence — suggested a core of white discontent.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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However, if eaten in large enough quantities, clover may cause skin irritation or upset stomach.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
11 Aug. 2025
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For context, a 4-decibel reduction is sufficient to noticeably reduce the irritation caused by street noise, especially in densely populated urban areas.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Umbrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/umbrage. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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