Definitions for jealousˈdʒɛl əs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jeal•ousˈdʒɛl əs(adj.)

  1. resentful and envious, as of someone's success, advantages, etc.:

    to be jealous of a rich brother.

  2. proceeding from suspicious fears or envious resentment:

    a jealous rage.

  3. inclined to suspicions of rivalry, unfaithfulness, etc., as in love:

    a jealous husband.

  4. watchful in guarding something:

    to be jealous of one's independence.

  5. intolerant of unfaithfulness or rivalry:

    The Lord is a jealous God.

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Origin of jealous:

1175–1225; ME jelous, gelos < OF gelos < VL *zēlōsus= LL zēl(us)zeal+ōsus -ose1

jeal′ous•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. covetous, envious, jealous(adj)

    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"

  2. jealous, green-eyed, overjealous(adj)

    suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

    "a jealous lover"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. jealous(adjective)ˈdʒɛl əs

    feeling unhappy because sb has sth you want

    I was so jealous of my cousin's beautiful hair.

  2. jealousˈdʒɛl əs

    feeling angry because sb you love romantically shows interest in sb else

    Her boyfriend looked jealous.; She watched him jealously.

Wiktionary

  1. jealous(Adjective)

    Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover or spouse's fidelity.

  2. jealous(Adjective)

    Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates.

  3. jealous(Adjective)

    Envious; feeling resentful of someone for a perceived advantage, material or otherwise.

  4. Origin: First coined 1382, jalous, from zelosus, from ζῆλος, from ζηλόω. Cognate to zeal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jealous(adj)

    zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful

  2. Jealous(adj)

    apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful

  3. Jealous(adj)

    exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry

  4. Jealous(adj)

    disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover


Translations for jealous

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jealous(adjective)

(with of ) feeling or showing envy

She is jealous of her sister.

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