how to pronounce umbrage

/ˈʌmbɹɪdʒ/

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umbrage is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of umbrage in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… take umbrage at calling communism evil …”

meanings of umbrage

noun:

A feeling of doubt.
Shadow; shade.
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees.

verb:

To displease or cause offense.
To shade.

umbrage frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word umbrage occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics umbrage can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that umbrage can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;