umbrage
nounWord Originlate Middle English (originally referring to shade or shadow): from Old French, from Latin umbra ‘shadow’. An early sense was ‘shadowy outline’, giving rise to ‘ground for suspicion’, which led to the current notion of ‘offence’.
Idioms Idioms
take umbrage (at something)
- (formal or humorous)
to feel offended, hurt or upset by something, often without a good reason 认为受到冒犯（或羞辱）；（无故）感到不快 He took umbrage at her remarks. 他对她的话感到生气。