umbrage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++um·brage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ noun take umbrage (at something) OFFENDto be offended by something that someone has done or said, often without good reason 〔通常没有理由地〕(为某事)生气,(因某事)见怪
Examples from the Corpus
umbrage• The Republicans, naturally, take umbrage at predictions about what they might do.• If they take umbrage, then they were never a proper friend in the first place.• He got on very well with the patients, and made them laugh without taking umbrage when they laughed at him.• She took umbrage at his remarks, but made no attempt to get her figure back.• Ever a stickler for protocol, he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson's administration.• She had been known to storm off sometimes, to take violent umbrage and depart.Origin umbrage (1400-1500) Old French Latin umbraticum “shade”, from umbrare “to shade”, from umbra “shade, shadow”um·brage nounChineseSyllable
to done that has by Corpus something or offended someone be
umbrage
um‧brage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/
noun
um‧brage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/
noun Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin umbraticum 'shade', from umbrare 'to shade', from umbra 'shade, shadow'
take umbrage (at something) to be offended by something that someone has done or said, often without good reason
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin umbraticum 'shade', from umbrare 'to shade', from umbra 'shade, shadow'