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take umbrage at

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take umbrage at something
to feel insulted by something someone has said or done. The mayor took umbrage at the suggestion that the new park was not well designed.
See also: take, umbrage


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Philander was too much relieved at the happy outcome to their adventure to take umbrage at the professor's cruel fling.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Therefore just and wise men take umbrage at his act, until after some little time be past: then they see it to be in unison with their acts.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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