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1. (adj.) envious
full of, feeling, or expressing envy.
2. envious
Archaic.
3. envious
emulous.
4. envious
enviable.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < AF; OF envieus < L invidiōsusinvidious)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) covetous, envious, jealous
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
"he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
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1. (adjective) envious
feeling strongly that you want what sb else has
envious of her success; You're going on vacation? I'm so envious.; He looked enviously at his brother's dessert.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Envious
malignant; mischievous; spiteful
2. (adj) Envious
feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues
3. (adj) Envious
inspiring envy
4. (adj) Envious
excessively careful; cautious
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Sense: feeling or showing envy
I'm envious of her talents.
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 Afrikaans: afgunstig |
 Arabic: حَسود |
 Bulgarian: завистлив |
 Brazilian: invejoso |
 Czech: závistivý |
 German: neidisch |
 Danish: misundelig |
 Greek: φθονερός, που ζηλεύει |
 Spanish: envidioso |
 Estonian: kade |
 Farsi: حسود |
 Finnish: kateellinen |
 French: jaloux (de) |
 Hebrew: מְקַנֵא |
 Hindi: ईर्ष्यालु |
 Croatian: zavidno |
 Hungarian: irigy |
 Indonesian: iri |
 Icelandic: öfundsjúkur |
 Italian: invidioso |
 Japanese: うらやましがる |
 Korean: 시기하는 듯한 |
 Lithuanian: pavydus, pavydintis |
 Latvian: skaudīgs |
 Malay: perasaan iri hati |
 Dutch: jaloers |
 Norwegian: misunnelig |
 Polish: zawistny, zazdrosny |
 Persian: حسود |
 Pashto: كستمن، رخه ناك، بې پيرزوي |
 Portuguese: invejoso |
 Romanian: invidios (pe) |
 Russian: завистливый |
 Slovak: závistlivý |
 Slovenian: nevoščljiv |
 Serbian: zavidan |
 Swedish: avundsam, avundsjuk |
 Thai: อยากได้ของของคนอื่น |
 Turkish: kıskanç, gıpta eden |
 Taiwanese: 妒忌的, 羨慕的 |
 Ukrainian: заздрісний |
 Urdu: رشک میں مبتلا، حسد کرنے و |
 Vietnamese: thèm muốn |
 Chinese: 妒忌的，羡慕的 |
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