umbrageous

[uhm-brey-juh s]

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adjective

creating or providing shade; shady: an umbrageous tree.
apt to take offense.

Origin of umbrageous

First recorded in 1580–90; umbrage + -ous

Related formsum·bra·geous·ly, adverbum·bra·geous·ness, noun

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Related Words for umbrageous

cloudy, cool, dark, dim, dusky, indistinct, leafy, screened, shaded, shadowy, shady, sheltered, adumbral, bosky, shadowed

Examples from the Web for umbrageous

Historical Examples of umbrageous

A garden with umbrageous trees Is here for you to take your ease.
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919
William Orpen
The search was most thorough; but, fortunately, his umbrageous shelter was secure.
Daring and Suffering:
William Pittenger
He loves the image of the umbrageous Igdrasil better than that of the Strasburg clock.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2
John Tyndall
In this burn, screened from observation by an umbrageous coppice, was the bathing-pool.
Freaks on the Fells
R.M. Ballantyne
Those that I photographed the next morning are umbrageous compared with some.
A Spring Walk in Provence
Archibald Marshall

British Dictionary definitions for umbrageous

umbrageous

adjective

shady or shading

Derived Formsumbrageously, adverbumbrageousness, noun

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Word Origin and History for umbrageous

adj.

"shady," 1580s, from French ombrageux, from Old French umbrageus, from umbre "shade," from Latin umbra (see umbrage).