envy

Speech parts

1. envy - Noun

2. envy - Verb

Meaning

To emulate.

Malice; ill will; spite.

Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar.

Emulation; rivalry.

Public odium; ill repute.

To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.

To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.

To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.

To hate.

To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.

To show malice or ill will; to rail.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

enviousness malice desire spite resentment greed jealousy grudge begrudge covetousness invidia ira long animalism gelly
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Antonyms

amity like ardor care accept concern
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Hypernyms

want desire resentment bitterness admire gall

Hyponyms

jealousy covet covetousness green-eyed monster penis envy

Phrases with the word

green with envy politics of envy become the envy of

Derivatives

envies envied envying

Anagrams

nevy veny

Examples

A dark and unsettling work, Polanski's debut feature subtly evinces a profound pessimism about human relationships with regard to the psychological dynamics and moral consequences of status envy and sexual jealousy. Source: Internet

Abusing that faculty with pride or envy weighs down the soul the most. Source: Internet

Anger springs from covetousness; (the vice of) envy disappears in consequence of (the virtues) of compassion and knowledge of self (Mbh Xii.163); and an evolving concept in ancient scriptures of Hinduism. Source: Internet

A gourd of red wine and a sheaf of poems — A bare subsistence, half a loaf, not more — Supplied us two alone in the free desert: What Sultan could we envy on his throne? Source: Internet

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share in anything done under the sun." Source: Internet

An extensional definition would be the list of wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

envoy extraordinary envoyship Envtl. envy-free envyfree envyfreeness