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Umbrageous

//ʌmˈbɹeɪdʒəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or providing shade; shady.

    "[…] What tho' his Forests wave / Umbrageous to the Gale, and Nature walks / In loose Luxuriance o'er his native Plains; / Those Forests wave, those Plains delight no more; / […]"

  2. 2
    Irritable, easily upset. figuratively
Adjective
  1. 1
    angered at something unjust or wrong wordnet
  2. 2
    filled with shade wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French ombrageux, or from umbrage + -ous.

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