English

Verb

take umbrage ‎(third-person singular simple present takes umbrage, present participle taking umbrage, simple past took umbrage, past participle taken umbrage)

1. To take offense.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:

     “She took umbrage?”
     “Yes, and she also took my head off. I don't know if you have ever been in a typhoon on the Indian Ocean.”

2. To become angry and resentful.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI:

     I know if anyone called me a carrot-topped Jezebel, umbrage is the first thing I'd take.