Umbrageous
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 Irritable, easily upset. figuratively
- 1 angered at something unjust or wrong wordnet
- 2 filled with shade wordnet
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More examples"Determined attempts were made both openly and by stealth to strangle the system at its birth, to destroy the mustard seed at the time of the planting; and, as the fact of its survival has become prominent the certainty of its impending demise has been announced time and again; the fall of the umbrageous tree, amidst whose branches the birds of search continue to find food and shelter, has been often predicted."
Etymology
From Middle French ombrageux, or from umbrage + -ous.
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