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taking umbrage

taking umbrage is the present participle and gerund 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 taking umbrage

What is taking umbrage the present participle and gerund of?
Taking umbrage is the present participle and gerund of take umbrage.

Words near taking umbrage in the dictionary

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

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