umbrage

took umbrage at their rudeness.

she took umbrage at his remarks.

She took umbrage at my remarks about her hair.

sheltered in the umbrage of a rain forest. See also Synonyms at nuance

She took umbrage at his rude comments.

He quickly apologized to avoid giving umbrage.

The criticism was intended to cause umbrage.

He felt umbrage at being left out of the meeting.

She couldn't help but feel umbrage at the unfair treatment.

Their umbrage towards each other was evident.

The decision caused umbrage among the employees.

He tried to express his umbrage in a diplomatic way.

She hid her umbrage behind a polite smile.

Their umbrage eventually led to a heated argument.

They may have taken umbrage with that I'm not sure.'

You don't even know what umbrage means.

We were set up in a very posh antique show and this man took great umbrage to my big Halloween display, really very snobbish.

He also took umbrage with another committee that rejected eight people from his honours list, which former prime ministers are allowed to recommend.

Consequently a morbid parvenu vanity, which was ready to take umbrage at everything, combatted the awakening of her interest in him.

And from what Margaret could gather of what Mr. Thornton had said, there was nothing in the cessation of his visits which could arise from any umbrage or vexation.

Yeah, I didn't take umbrage at the fact that that they made critics out to be poisonous, vengeful... You know, there was a lot of buzz about a lot of different films.

The Hon. Morison Baynes did not fully realize the change that had taken place within him. Had one suggested that he ever had been aught than the soul of honor and chivalry he would have taken umbrage forthwith.