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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--umbrage This week's theme: a medley of words. umbrage (UHM-brij) noun 1. Offense or annoyance arising from some insult. 2. Shade, as from a tree. 3. A vague suggestion or a feeling of suspicion. [From Latin umbra (shade, shadow), which also gave us the words umbrella, adumbrate, and somber.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "A number of judges clearly took umbrage at McDowell's comments; Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman implicitly criticised him from the bench." Pat Leahy; Judiciary Considers McDowell's Watchdog Proposal; The Sunday Business Post (Dublin, Ireland); Jan 7, 2007. X-Bonus He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. -Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE)

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