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  • 1give umbrage — index pique Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2give umbrage to — index bait (harass) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3umbrage — /um brij/, n. 1. offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone s rudeness. 2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like. 3.… …

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  • 4umbrage — n. offense 1) to give umbrage 2) to take umbrage at …

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  • 5umbrage — n. 1 offence; a sense of slight or injury (esp. give or take umbrage at). 2 archaic a shade. b what gives shade. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L umbraticus f. umbra: see UMBRA …

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  • 6Resentment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resentment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resentment resentment displeasure animosity anger wrath indignation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation bitter resentment wrathful indignation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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  • 7resentment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of having been affronted Nouns 1. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation, exasperation; pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness,… …

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  • 8pique — I verb affront, agitate, anger, annoy, arouse resentment, bait, bedevil, beset, bother, bully, bullyrag, cause resentment, discompose, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distemper, disturb, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, give offense, give… …

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  • 9pique — I. n. 1. Resentment (slight), grudge, umbrage, offence, wounded pride, stinging vexation, displeasure, irritation, spite. 2. Point, nicety, punctilio. II. v. a. 1. Stimulate, incite, urge, instigate, spur, goad, set on, stir up. 2. Offend,… …

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  • 10Trent Affair — James Murray Mason (1798–1871). John Sli …

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