envious

Speech parts

1. envious - Adjective

2. envious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

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; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

Inspiring envy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jealous covetous fain malachite green bitter unhappy eager suspicious hungry dissatisfied anxious malicious complaining possessive

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Antonyms

god-fearing good direct acceptable ethical satisfied

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Phrases with the word

be envious envious person envious character envious monkey

Anagrams

niveous veinous

Examples

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. Antisthenes

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. Horatio Nelson

The envious will die, but envy never. Molière

Envious persons never compliment, they only swallow. Mexican Proverb

An envious man waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbour. Dutch Proverb

The envious man's face grows lean and his eye swells. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

envigourate envillaged enviomycin envious character envious monkey envious person