as in huff
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
The Owensboro citizens continued to take umbrage to the ways in which they were being portrayed in the national press.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Yet having steered The Reds to the fourth round of a gruelling qualification process that began in October 2023, Queiroz has taken umbrage with the AFC’s unexplained decision to stage the two mini-groups in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the previous and upcoming World Cup hosts respectively.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Rowling took umbrage with Watson’s comments, specifically her hope that Rowling will still love her.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
The author incorrectly attributed a quote to Kirk to portray him as a racist, a fact with which the vice president took particular umbrage.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for umbrage
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As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.—
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After 36 minutes of cagey huff-and-puff, Arsenal’s clean-sheet record was spoiled again in game nine of their run, though, as in 1903, their undefeatedness in that stretch was to remain intact.—
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Did the man go too far, or was his anger justified?—
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As Blacc hinted at, there is more than a little anger to go around about what happened before, during and since the fires, along with the sorrow and thousand other emotions.—
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British officials downplayed the pause as temporary, insisting momentum would resume amid complex negotiations, but the impasse signals broader frustrations with Europe’s regulatory posture toward American innovation, market access, and economic sovereignty.—
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Emotions were on full display with many expressing sadness and frustration, not only over Wednesday's federal raid, but raids happening around the Twin Cities over the last 40 days.—
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Regardless of our paths — whether that meant escaping war in Ethiopia or being the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors — many of us labor under the belief that this work requires us to commit to the ideals of this nation and not the indignation and nightmare of the insurrection.—
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How else to account for the ferocity of the public indignation?—
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And the government’s insistence that Iranians must make sacrifices for distant causes breeds resentment rather than unity.—
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Juggling careers and kids takes a toll on families, and housework often is fraught with resentments over who is doing it.—
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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.—
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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.—
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Mahama breaks off in exasperation.—
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Some councilmembers reacted to the extension with exasperation Wednesday.—
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Just avoid placing them directly against bare skin for extended periods to prevent irritation or burns.—
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Rarely, salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms.—
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“Umbrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/umbrage. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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