Fury vs Umbrage - What's the difference?
fury | umbrage | Related terms |
Extreme anger.
Strength or violence in action.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,!”
An angry or malignant person.
(obsolete) A thief.
* J. Fletcher
Feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
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, year=1960
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, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VI
, passage=If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.}}
Feeling of doubt.
Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees
(obsolete) shadow, shade
* 1602 , , act V scene 1
To displease or cause offense.
To shade.
Fury is a related term of umbrage.
As a proper noun fury
is (lb) female personification of vengeance ().As a noun umbrage is
feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.As a verb umbrage is
to displease or cause offense.fury
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) furie, from (etyl)Noun
(furies)Derived terms
* furiousEtymology 2
(etyl) (lena) .Noun
(furies)- Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies .
umbrage
English
Noun
(en noun)- --He took umbrage at something or other, that muchinjured but on the whole eventempered person declared, I let slip.
- [...] but in the verity of extolment I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would trace him, his umbrage , nothing more.