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takes umbrage

takes umbrage is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 takes umbrage

What is takes umbrage the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes umbrage is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take umbrage.

Words near takes umbrage in the dictionary

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

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