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Definition of umbrageous in English English dictionary
- Having shade; shady
Rhodes gazed wistfully into the dense umbrageous tangle whence his host had disappeared.
- irritable, easily upset
- Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious
- Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure
- Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage
- {s} easily offended, easily insulted; giving shade, having shade
umbrageous
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um·bra·geousPronunciation
Etymology
[ "&m-'brA-j&s ] (adjective.) 1587. From Middle French ombrageux, or from umbrage + -ous.Resimler
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