Word Meanings - UMBRAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade. Cf. Umber, 1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. Where highest woods, impenetrable To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton.
Additional info about word: UMBRAGE
umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade. Cf. Umber, 1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. Where highest woods, impenetrable To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton. 2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. Woodward. 3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment. Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. Evelyn. Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy. Sir W. Scott.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of UMBRAGE)
- Dudgeon
- Indignation
- spleen
- resentment
- umbrage
- Offence
- Offense
- Attack
- sin
- crime
- transgression
- misdeed
- injury
- wrong
- affront
- outrage
- insult
- trespass
- indignity
- misdemeanor
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of UMBRAGE)
Related words: (words related to UMBRAGE)
- INDIGNATION
1. The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence. Shak. Indignation expresses a strong and elevated disapprobation of mind, which is also inspired by something flagitious - MISDEMEAN
To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self. - FLATTER
1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc. - OUTRAGEOUS
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - MISDESERT
Ill desert. Spenser. - SPLEENY
1. Irritable; peevish; fretful. Spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to Our cause. Shak. 2. Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy. - INSULT
1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. Dryden. 2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage. Syn. -- Affront; - OFFENSELESS
Unoffending; inoffensive. - INSULTMENT
Insolent treatment; insult. "My speech of insultment ended." Shak. - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - WRONGOUS
Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. - RESPECT
An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another. 4. Reputation; repute. Many of the best respect in Rome. Shak. 5. Relation; reference; regard. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the - WRONG
1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly; - RESPECTER
One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x. - FLATTERY
The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver - PRAISER
1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North. - PRAISE
1. Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation. There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the practice. Rambler. Note: Praise may be expressed by - MISDERIVE
1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. Bp. Hall. 2. To derive erroneously. - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - DISRESPECTABILITY
Want of respectability. Thackeray. - BEFLATTER
To flatter excessively. - BY-RESPECT
Private end or view; by-interest. Dryden.