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Jealous
/ˈdʒɛləs/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Jealous"
adjective
- 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
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
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
- 4
Suspecting, suspicious.
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