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taken umbrage

taken umbrage is the past participle of take umbrage.

Meaning of take umbrage

Verb

take umbrage (third-person singular simple present takes umbrage, present participle taking umbrage, simple past took umbrage, past participle taken umbrage)

  1. To take offense.
    • “She took umbrage?”
      “Yes, and she also took my head off. I don't know if you have ever been in a typhoon on the Indian Ocean.”1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X

Questions about taken umbrage

What is taken umbrage the past participle of?
Taken umbrage is the past participle of take umbrage.

Words near taken umbrage in the dictionary

  1. taken to the sky
  2. taken to the streets
  3. taken to wife
  4. taken too far
  5. taken turns
  6. taken umbrage
  7. taken under
  8. taken under advisement
  9. taken underwing
  10. taken up
  11. taken up a collection

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