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Umbrage vs Transgression - What's the difference?

umbrage | transgression | Related terms |

Umbrage is a related term of transgression.


As nouns the difference between umbrage and transgression

is that umbrage is feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive while transgression is a violation of a law, command or duty.

As a verb umbrage

is to displease or cause offense.

umbrage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
  • * , Episode 16
  • --He took umbrage at something or other, that muchinjured but on the whole eventempered person declared, I let slip.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1960 , author= , 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
  • [...] 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.

    Synonyms

    * (feeling of anger or annoyance) annoyance, displeasure, odium, offense, resentment, huff, miff, peeve, pique * (feeling of doubt) suspicion

    Derived terms

    * take umbrage * umbrageous

    Verb

    (umbrag)
  • To displease or cause offense.
  • To shade.
  • transgression

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A violation of a law, command or duty
  • An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
  • A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata