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umbrageous

American  
[uhm-brey-juhs] / ʌmˈbreɪ dʒəs /

adjective

  1. creating or providing shade; shady.

    an umbrageous tree.

  2. apt to take offense.


umbrageous British  
/ ʌmˈbreɪdʒəs /

adjective

  1. shady or shading

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of umbrageous

First recorded in 1580–90; umbrage + -ous

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After junking the car, the four sprint through a "dense and umbrageous forest" of Douglas fir, and the sheriff's gun changes hands at least three more times.

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Success formula of the week came from Georgia's umbrageous Dan Duke, outgoing Assistant Attorney General.

From Time Magazine Archive

Voters are urged, for instance, to pick List No. 169, the one approved by the umbrageous Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani.

From Time Magazine Archive

Luckily for the Nieuw Amsterdam, the characteristic tradition of Dutch art. which is that of lucid Jan Vermeer and not that of umbrageous Rembrandt, contains excellent precedent for marine design.

From Time Magazine Archive

Below-decks, we formed as best we could in straitened space and umbrageous darkness.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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