What does take umbrage mean?

take umbrage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

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"“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.”"
"Mr Ng then said: "The fact that you dare to question the SPH title for, in your words, 'conceding to the advertisers', I take umbrage in that comment.""
"Some lawmakers took umbrage."

takes umbrage (present, singular) taking umbrage (participle, present) took umbrage (past) taken umbrage (participle, past)

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