umbrageous

American  

[uhm-brey-juhs] / ʌmˈbreɪ dʒəs /

adjective

1. creating or providing shade; shady.

   an umbrageous tree.

2. apt to take offense.

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umbrageous British  

/ ʌmˈbreɪdʒəs /

adjective

1. shady or shading

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Other Word Forms

• umbrageously adverb
• umbrageousness noun

Etymology

Origin of umbrageous

First recorded in 1580–90; umbrage + -ous

Example Sentences

“It aims at the palatial and attains the sham-palatial,” the anonymous reviewer wrote, describing the projecting cornice as “huge, umbrageous, unmeaning, irrelevant” and characteristic “of the cheapest and vulgarest kind of tenement houses.”

From New York Times

In Sikkim the mountains are covered with dense forest of tall umbrageous trees, commonly accompanied by a luxuriant growth of under shrubs, and adorned with climbing and epiphytal plants in wonderful profusion.

From Project Gutenberg

Thick umbrageous forests gave it a character of gloom and wildness; but a gushing stream of limpid water which ran through it was sufficient to redeem every disadvantage.

From Project Gutenberg

He is more fantastic, though his fantasy is less decorative; he strays into the most delightful and umbrageous paths and never falters in the preservation of romantic atmosphere.

From Project Gutenberg

Another argument is drawn from the umbrageous character of the Lynn woods.

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