Meaning & use
umbrageous
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Providing or full of shade; shady, especially describing trees or a leafy area.
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They rested beneath an umbrageous oak during the hottest part of the afternoon.
The path wound through an umbrageous grove that stayed cool even in midsummer.
A note on using this word
A literary word from Latin umbra, 'shadow'; it also carried an older, now rare, sense of being easily offended or suspicious.
Words with a similar meaning
shadyshaded
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Words with an opposite meaning
sunnyexposed
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