envious
1Envious — En vi*ous, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Invidious}.] 1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
2envious — envious, jealous, though not close synonyms, are comparable because both carry as their basic meaning that of grudging another s possession of something desirable. Envious stresses a coveting of something (as riches, possessions, or attainments)… …
3envious — c.1300, from Anglo Fr. envious, O.Fr. envieus (13c.), earlier envidius (12c., Mod.Fr. envieux), from L. invidiosus full of envy (Cf. Sp. envidioso, It. invidioso, Port. invejoso), from invidia (see ENVY (Cf. envy)). Related: Enviously; …
4envious — index jealous, resentful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5envious — [adj] jealous, resentful appetent, aspiring, begrudging, coveting, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, fain, grasping, greedy, green eyed*, green with envy*, grudging, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, longing for, malicious,… …
6envious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or showing envy. DERIVATIVES enviously adverb …
7envious — [en′vē əs] adj. [ME < OFr envieus < L invidiosus < invidia, ENVY] 1. characterized by envy; feeling, showing, or resulting from envy 2. Obs. a) emulous b) enviable enviously adv. enviousness n …
8envious — [[t]e̱nviəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ of n If you are envious of someone, you want something that they have. I don t think I m envious of your success... Do I sound envious? I pity them, actually. ...envious thoughts. Derived words: enviously ADV… …
9envious — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ She tried not to appear envious. ▪ become …
10envious — en|vi|ous [ˈenviəs] adj wanting something that someone else has →↑jealous envious of ▪ Colleagues were envious of her success. ▪ envious looks >enviously adv …
