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umbrageousmore about umbrageous

umbrageous

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Umbrageous  \Um*bra"geous\  (?;  277),  a.  [Cf.  F.  ombraqeux  shy, 
  skittish,  suspicious,  in  OF  also  shady.  See  {Umbrage}.] 
  1.  Forming  or  affording  a  shade;  shady;  shaded;  as 
  umbrageous  trees  or  foliage. 
 
  Umbrageous  grots  and  caves  Of  cool  recess,  o'er 
  which  the  mantling  vine  Lays  forth  her  purple  grape. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Not  easily  perceived,  as  if  from  being  darkened  or  shaded; 
  obscure.  [Obs.]  --Sir  H.  Wotton. 
 
  3.  Feeling  jealousy  or  umbrage;  taking,  or  disposed  to  take 
  umbrage;  suspicious.  [Obs.]  --Bp.  Warburton  -- 
  {Um*bra"geous*ly},  adv  --  {Um*bra"geous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  umbrageous 
  adj  1:  filled  with  shade;  "the  shady  side  of  the  street";  "the 
  surface  of  the  pond  is  dark  and  shadowed";  "we  sat  on 
  rocks  in  a  shadowy  cove";  "cool  umbrageous  woodlands" 
  [syn:  {shady},  {shadowed},  {shadowy}] 
  2:  angered  at  something  unjust  or  wrong  "an  indignant  denial"; 
  "incensed  at  the  judges'  unfairness";  "a  look  of  outraged 
  disbelief";  "umbrageous  at  the  loss  of  their  territory" 
  [syn:  {indignant},  {incensed},  {outraged}]




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