jealous

/ˈdʒɛləs/

adjective

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

    For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET)
  3. 3

    Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.

  4. 4

    Suspecting, suspicious.

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