take umbrage

English

Verb

take umbrage (third-person singular simple present takes umbrage, present participle taking umbrage, simple past took umbrage, past participle taken umbrage)

1. To take offense.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:

     “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.”

Translations

to take offense

• Hungarian: megütközik (hu), megsértődik (hu), megbántódik (hu)