be envious

Synonyms

envy resent grudge yearn covet begrudge hanker

Examples

I no longer have collaborators. I used to be envious of them. They repel those readers whom I want to lose myself. Karl Kraus

The advice takes the form of four simple suggestions for how to do well in a durable iterated Prisoner's Dilemma:1. Don't be envious. 2. Don't be the first to defect. 3. Reciprocate both cooperation and defection. 4. Don't be too clever. Robert Axelrod

It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become. Rolf Dobelli

All we know is that life is sweet and that it does not last long. Why should people be envious of each other? Why do we hate each other? Why can't we live at peace in a world that is so beautiful and so wide? William March

The lazy man is apt to be envious. Omaha Proverb

Words in the phrase

be envious

Close letter words and terms

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