umbrage — ONAD

umbrage /ˈəmbrij, ˈəmbrɪdʒ

▸ noun

1 offense or annoyance:

she took umbrage at his remarks.

2 archaic shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees.

– DERIVATIVES
umbrageous /ˈəmbrijəs, ˈəmbrɪdʒəs

/ adjective

– ORIGIN late Middle English (in umbrage (SENSE 2)): from Old French, from Latin umbra ‘shadow’. An early sense was ‘shadowy outline’, giving rise to ‘ground for suspicion’, whence the current notion of ‘offense’.