umbrage
noun [U] /ˈʌm.brɪdʒ/ formalDefinition
take umbrage › to feel upset or annoyed, usually because you feel that someone has been rude or shown no respect to you: You don't think she'll take umbrage if she isn't invited to the wedding, do you?Becoming angry and expressing anger
(Definition of umbrage noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- ballistic adjective
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- be after sb's blood idiom
- boil verb (BE ANGRY)
- fly off the handle idiom
- fray verb (BECOME ANNOYED)
- fume verb
- get bent out of shape idiom
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- growl verb
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- resent verb
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- seethe verb (FEEL ANGER)
- snap verb (BREAK)
- spare adjective (ANNOYED)
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