Umbrage vs Choler - What's the difference?
umbrage | choler | Related terms |
Feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
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Feeling of doubt.
Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees
(obsolete) shadow, shade
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To displease or cause offense.
To shade.
Anger or irritability.
One of the of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.
Umbrage is a related term of choler.
As nouns the difference between umbrage and choler
is that umbrage is feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive while choler is anger or irritability.As a verb umbrage
is to displease or cause offense.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.
