Definitions for jealous
ˈdʒɛl əsjeal·ous

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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

2. jealous(Adjective)

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

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

3. jealous(Adjective)

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

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

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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1. Jealous

   "Jealous" is the first single by Dir En Grey and was released on May 10, 1998. The music videos of the title track and the B-side "Unknown･･･Despair･･･a Lost" are featured on the VHS Mousou Toukakugeki. A piano-vocal duet version of "Jealous" was later included on the "[KR] Cube" single. "Jealous" is to date, not featured on a studio album. A re-recording of "Unknown･･･Despair･･･a Lost" appears on their 2013 mini-album The Unraveling.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Jealous

   jel′us, adj. suspicious of or incensed at rivalry: anxious to defend the honour of.—adv. Jeal′ously.—ns. Jeal′ousy, Jeal′oushood (Shak.), Jeal′ousness. [O. Fr. jalous (mod. Fr. jaloux)—L. zelus—Gr. zēlos, emulation.]

Anagrams for jealous »

1. jalouse

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jealous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jealous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of jealous in a Sentence

1. Afghanistan Sara Bahai:

   Male passengers are very jealous and often abuse me, but I don't care what they think of me, I am not afraid. I will change the country with whatever ability I have to do so.

2. Clarence Darrow:

   Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.

3. Dax Shepard:

   I know you're proud and you should be able to say that, but I'm just warning you, that'll probably make other kids jealous and they won't know how to handle that feeling.

4. George Sand:

   It is sad, no doubt, to exhaust one's strength and one's days in cleaving the bosom of this jealous earth, which compels us to wring from it the treasures of its fertility, when a bit of the blackest and coarsest bread is, at the end of the day's work, the sole recompense and the sole profit attaching to so arduous a toil.

5. Jamie Oliver:

   Gordon will do anything to try and take the piss out of me because he is deeply jealous and can't quite work out why I do what I do and why he can't do that, he is too busy shouting and screaming and making our industry look like a bunch of shouters and screamers.

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