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Definition of umbrageous : 1. Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious.
2. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.
3. Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure.

Synonyms:

fishy, incensed, suspect, indignant, shadowed, faint, fly-by-night, wraithlike, angry, outraged, wispy, suspicious, light, funny, louche, vague

dreary, murky, shaded, dark, inky, swarthy, shady, darkened, cloudy, obscure, sooty, dim, dusky, black, dismal, silhouetted, shadowy, somber, lightless, gloomy

Usage examples:

• There it is pleasant enough, for a spring bedews the stony soil and there, as wherever any moisture touches the desert, aromatic plants thrive, and umbrageous bushes grow. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
• They were tall and massive, with great umbrageous boughs and massive rugged trunks, the boughs almost reaching down to the long, thick grass. - "Wife in Name Only", Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay).
• Four short, thick, umbrageous trees stood close to the stream on this side, and on the eastern side was a grove of gigantic palm- trees, at whose very ankles the river ran. - "Foul Play", Charles Reade Dion Boucicault.