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Definition of umbrageous:
Synonyms:
suspicious, light, fishy, outraged, shaded, angry, suspect, wraithlike, shadowy, fly-by-night, vague, incensed, shadowed, louche, indignant, shady, funny, faint, wispy.
Usage examples:
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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.
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They were tall and massive, with great umbrageous boughs and massive rugged trunks, the boughs almost reaching down to the long, thick grass.
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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.