Does One Take Umbrage?

If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason. He takes umbrage against anyone who criticizes him.

What is meant by to take umbrage?

1 : a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult took umbrage at the speaker's remarks. 2 : shady branches : foliage. 3 : shade, shadow.

Why do we say take umbrage?

Umbrage first came into English in the 15th century. It then meant shadow or shade. ... In that same 17th century umbrage took on yet another, sinister, sense, a shadow of a suspicion thrown on somebody. From there it's but a short hop to the modern sense, displeasure or offence.