Synonyms for umbrage
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
Related words
- Word family
- umbrageous
- Phrases
- take umbrage
Forms
- Plural
- umbrages → offenses, resentments, displeasures, piques…
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Umbrage is a deeper and more persistent displeasure at being overshadowed (L. It may be said, as a general statement, that pique arises from wounded vanity or sensitiveness, umbrage from wounded pride or sometimes from suspicion.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
- resentment What's the reason for your resentment towards me?
- displeasure Ziri immediately started speaking in displeasure.
- pique This book might pique your mother’s curiosity.
- suspicion He became an object of suspicion to his neighbors.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| umbrage | rising | |
| anger | rising | |
| resentment | rising | |
| displeasure | rising | |
| pique | rising | |
| suspicion | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- huff1, miff
- 5 letters
- anger2, shade1, pique1, peeve1, odium
- 6 letters
- shadow2, grudge1
- 7 letters
- offense2, offence, dudgeon2
- 8 letters
- vexation
- 9 letters
- suspicion3, annoyance3
- 10 letters
- resentment3
- 11 letters
- displeasure3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anger2 = 2 syllables).