What's the difference between displeasure and umbrage?

Displeasure


Definition:

  • (n.) The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.
  • (n.) That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury.
  • (n.) State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor.
  • (v. t.) To displease.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Similarly, throughout the second session, the same stimuli were presented and the subject rated his pleasure or displeasure in response to the second dimension of the matrix (e.g.
  • (2) Richard Dunne clatters into him late, the goalkeeper goes down and several France players swarm around Dunne to voice their displeasure at the Ireland defender.
  • (3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Benjamin Netanyahu to John Kerry: friends don’t take friends to the security council On Monday, Trump tweeted his displeasure with the UN, dismissing it as “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time”.
  • (4) Since snoring is said to be a "disease of listeners," it is not uncommon that bed partners reported an increased incidence of depression and marital displeasure.
  • (5) This minor concession to an "ethical" foreign policy was nevertheless overshadowed by rumours of Tony Blair's displeasure at Cook's action.
  • (6) In a sign of Delhi’s displeasure, work has already stalled on some key Indian-backed development projects in Afghanistan, Spanta claimed.
  • (7) There had been no sign or signal in any way that we had incurred their displeasure.
  • (8) When theRussian host appeared to announce the nation's votes – including seven for Ukraine – the crowd again loudly voiced their displeasure.
  • (9) Chairpeople, on the other hand, have other, more powerful means of expressing their displeasure.
  • (10) The physical and social environment of day care is characterized in terms of its emotional impact with use of three orthogonal dimensions: pleasure-displeasure, arousal-nonarousal, and dominance-submissiveness.
  • (11) Macdonald, who was passed over for a frontbench position post-election and frequently makes his displeasure about that known, has shifted post-budget from recent preoccupations including public opposition to the prime minister’s paid parental leave scheme to arguments about broadening the GST.
  • (12) It signals US displeasure but stops short of a full-blown boycott that could escalate tensions with the Kremlin, at a time when Washington still badly needs Moscow's help on Syria, Iran and other thorny international problems.
  • (13) 1.50pm: an ‘unreserved’ apology on Twitter Less than three hours after his LBC interview, and after a spokesman for Corbyn makes his displeasure clear , Livingstone says he’s sorry – and this time he means it.
  • (14) Many analysts say China is using the meetings with Park to signal its displeasure with North Korea and increase pressure on the government there.
  • (15) Next year, the North will have a lot of demand for economic cooperation projects with China,” Lim said, adding that while Pyongyang may express temporary its displeasure it would soon start working again on improving relations.
  • (16) Such performance could be predicted from the sum of ratings of displeasure aroused in the lower limbs and in the chest.
  • (17) Photograph: Julie Dermansky In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, over 200 people, mostly white, middle-aged males, turned up to show their displeasure with Obama's 23 new executive orders and his attempt to reinstate the assault weapons ban.
  • (18) Coleman described the performance against Serbia as "soul-destroying" and admitted he could have no complaints with the fans who voiced their displeasure.
  • (19) In a game against Marilia, the defender Johnny dos Santos took exception to the referee adding what he considered an inadequate amount of injury time at the end of the game, and expressed his displeasure by karate-kicking the official to the floor .
  • (20) China expressed its displeasure with the Times the day after Barboza's report was published in October.

Umbrage


Definition:

  • (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.
  • (n.) Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
  • (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On Thursday he also took umbrage at Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed criticising US militarism.
  • (2) The Tory minister took umbrage and in an open letter published on the PoliticsHome website , accused her of "backing the destruction of one of the most effective schemes we have for helping young people get into work".
  • (3) The senior Democrat on the intelligence committee, Adam Schiff of California, took umbrage at Trump’s implication that “the intelligence community is lying” and said Trump was not acting presidentially.
  • (4) Indeed, the outrage and umbrage – most of all, it seems, about Obama "cadence" – deflates as it is uttered.
  • (5) It is not clear if Morsi himself took umbrage or whether his entourage has given instructions to silence the satirist – or at least remind him of the line not to cross.
  • (6) WPP has also taken umbrage at the methodology which ISS has used, which benchmarks the company against FTSE 100 companies in the UK.
  • (7) Chris Evans does not take umbrage when I tell him he has movie-star anonymity.
  • (8) MSNBC's resident ranter and news commentator Keith Olbermann – who once described a Republican senator as "an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model" – tweeted his umbrage at Stewart's intimation that he is unhelpfully hyperbolic, possibly before smashing his Blackberry underfoot.
  • (9) He takes umbrage, at this more than anything else I’ve asked.
  • (10) Well, celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with.
  • (11) On the basis of the present study and related previous ones, tumor inhibition appears to be due not to an umbrageous effect but rather to the induction of systemic physiological responses.
  • (12) Although the Obama administration defiantly vowed to continue its own bombing operations in Syria - and took umbrage at Russia’s insistence on Wednesday that the US ground its aircraft – the US military revealed on Thursday that it launched only a single airstrike in the wake of the Russian campaign.
  • (13) 12.44pm BST An email, from Claire McConnell: "I know you didn’t write that phrase, and that the MLS is no example of quality football, but as a resident of Toronto, a great city, I have to take umbrage at the “boondocks” word."
  • (14) Intelligence professionals take great pride in their work … But when there is baseless criticism and impugning the integrity and the mission of intelligence officers, yeah – they take umbrage at that and will continue to do so and I will certainly do,” Brennan said.
  • (15) But after 40 years, staff and freelance, memories crowd in and old umbrages flower lie mutant cacti.
  • (16) Wawrinka took umbrage with Lopez's chuntering during the third set and asked the umpire to tell him to stop, which led to much finger-pointing at the net after the match.
  • (17) It tweeted a picture of one effigy rolling past its offices: “A sneak preview of Alex Salmond and Nessie ahead of tonight’s bonfire in Lewes – it just rolled up at County Hall.” As Scottish independence campaigners took mild umbrage on Twitter, the council quickly deleted the tweet and denied responsibility .
  • (18) One strain of reaction to Feinstein’s sudden umbrage at what she characterized as the invasiveness and unruliness of CIA practices is, Why is it OK when it’s done to the public, but not OK when it’s done to Senate staffers?
  • (19) The leader of the Green party, Cem Özdemir, who took part in the counter-protest, told the Guardian: “Being in a party whose members took part in the 1989 Monday demos, I take great umbrage at the abuse of the slogan used back then, ‘Wir sind das Volk’.
  • (20) The UK’s largest mobile phone company has taken umbrage at 3’s latest adverts, in particular one strapline where it claims it is the “undisputed” leader.