Definitions for: Umbrageous

[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: angry, incensed, indignant, outraged, shaded, shadowed, shadowy, shady

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