What does envious mean?
Definitions for envious
ˈɛn vi əsen·vi·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
covetous, envious, jealousadjective
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"
Wiktionary
enviousadjective
Feeling or exhibiting envy; desire of excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
enviousadjective
Excessively careful; cautious
enviousadjective
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful
Etymology: envieus, more at envy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Enviousadjective
Infected with envy; pained by the excellence or happiness of another.
Etymology: from envy.
A man of the most envious disposition that ever infected the air with his breath, whose eyes could not look right upon any happy man, nor ears bear the burden of any man’s praise. Philip Sidney.
Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,
To silence envious tongues. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.Be not thou envious against evil men. Prov. xxiv. 19.
Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 19.
Sure you mistake the precept, or the tree;
Heav’n cannot envious of his blessings be. Dryden.
Wikipedia
envious
Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it.Aristotle defined envy as pain at the sight of another's good fortune, stirred by "those who have what we ought to have". Bertrand Russell said that envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness. Recent research considered the conditions under which it occurs, how people deal with it, and whether it can inspire people to emulate those they envy.
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envious
Envious is an adjective that describes a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another person's advantages, success, possessions, or achievements. It can also refer to a strong desire to have what someone else has. It often includes feelings of resentment or bitterness.
Webster Dictionary
Enviousadjective
malignant; mischievous; spiteful
Enviousadjective
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
Enviousadjective
inspiring envy
Enviousadjective
excessively careful; cautious
Etymology: [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.]
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Anagrams for envious »
niveous
veinous
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of envious in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of envious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of envious in a Sentence
The biggest bad feelings that come up first are jealous or envy, if you find yourself becoming somewhat jealous and envious, it's just time to let go.
Many people are reporting feeling jealous or even depressed when they see that other people are getting a shot and they don't even know when they will be eligible, this is exacerbated by the inequality in the way that the vaccine has been delivered. People who don't have time to hunt down appointments may be envious when they see that others have them.
Everybody loves and desires success, but they dislike and are envious of successful people.
Success to him was to relish the failure of all the inefficacious attempts that altered forms (in the shapes of disheartening remarks, abominations, taunts, agitation, maladies and envious faces) faster than seasons but couldn’t resist him moving.
Zora Neale Hurston, "Their Eyes Were Watching God":
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
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- завистливBulgarian
- závistivýCzech
- misundeligDanish
- neidischGerman
- envidiosoSpanish
- حسودPersian
- kateellinen, kadeFinnish
- øvundsjúkurFaroese
- éadmharIrish
- farmadachScottish Gaelic
- irigy, irigykedőHungarian
- նախանձոտ, նախանձArmenian
- iriIndonesian
- invidiosoItalian
- қызғаншақKazakh
- 부럽다Korean
- nijdig, jaloersDutch
- misunneligNorwegian
- invejosoPortuguese
- invidios, pizmașRomanian
- завистливыйRussian
- vaksam, svartsjuk, misundsam, avundsjukSwedish
- பொறாமைTamil
- అసూయపడేTelugu
- kıskançTurkish
- ghen tịVietnamese
- 羡慕Chinese
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