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Envious
/ˈɛnvɪəs/
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
📖 Definitions of "Envious"
- 1
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
"an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues"
- 2
Excessively careful; cautious.
- 3
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
- 4
Inspiring envy.
🔄 Synonyms of "Envious"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| covetous | Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious. |
| desirous | Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain. |
| grudgingnoun | Unwilling or with reluctance. |
| jealousverb | Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. |
| selfish | Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others. |
| begrudging | reluctant |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Envious"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jealous | Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. |
| begrudging | reluctant |
| grudging | Unwilling or with reluctance. |
| desirous | Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain. |
| covetous | Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious. |
| selfish | Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others. |
| enviable | Arousing or likely to arouse envy. |
| casca | a series of historical fantasy novels created by author Barry Sadler in 1979. |
| wanna | "Wanna" is a song by South Korean girl group Kara from their second studio album, Revolution. |
| resentful | Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment. |
| green-eyed | (figuratively) Jealous; envious. |
| hankeringnoun | (often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination. |
| longingnoun | An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire. |
| yearningnoun | A wistful or melancholy longing. |
| cravingnoun | A strong desire; yearning. |
| acquisitive | Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy. |
| greedy | Having greed; consumed by selfish desires. |
| avaricious | Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. |
| graspingnoun | The act of one who grasps or covets. |
| wantingnoun | That wants or desires. |
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