Envious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Feeling, expressing, or characterized by envy: "At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way.... He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage” ( Stephen Crane). See Synonyms at jealous.
  • adj. Archaic Eager to emulate; emulous.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
  • adj. Excessively careful; cautious.
  • adj. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
  • adj. Inspiring envy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
  • adj. 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
  • adj. Inspiring envy.
  • adj. Excessively careful; cautious.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Feeling or disposed to feel envy.
  • Tinctured with envy; manifesting or expressing envy: as, an envious disposition; an envious attack; an envious tongue.
  • Calculated to inspire envy; enviable.
  • Jealous; watchful; exceedingly careful.
  • Synonyms See invidious.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
    • Equivalent
    wishful    desirous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    malignant    mischievous    spiteful    cautious    jealous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jealous    vindictive    resentful    spiteful    malicious   
     
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