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umbrage
noun as in personal displeasure
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And as it turned out, all the groups the Democrats strove to stir to wounded umbrage weren’t much moved, and they weren’t impressed by the Democrats’ constantly being overcome by the vapors.
He was no fan of Donald Trump, taking particular umbrage at those who tried wrapping him in the Reagan mantle.
Pansy takes umbrage with just about everything in life: parking lot dynamics, cheery store associates, the noise of the outside world, the decorative pockets on baby clothes.
In an era where we have few obstacles to affairs, this scenario works; Warren’s daughter Kat is at once an avatar of umbrage and of loss.
Relying on simply repeating Trump’s tirades to stoke voters’ umbrage has never worked, and it won’t work now.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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