envy1 verbenvy2 noun
envyen‧vy1 /ˈenvi/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle envied, present participle envying, third person singular envies) [transitive] 
VERB TABLE
envy
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | envy |
| he, she, it | envies | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | envied |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have envied |
| he, she, it | has envied | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had envied |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will envy |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have envied |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am envying |
| he, she, it | is envying | |
| you, we, they | are envying | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was envying |
| you, we, they | were envying | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been envying |
| he, she, it | has been envying | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been envying |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be envying |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been envying |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Everyone in the neighborhood envied Bob Green's expensive new luxury car.
- He always envied his brother for the way he made friends so easily.
- I envied her. She looked so calm and capable.
- I envied him his freedom to do or say what he wanted.
- How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss.
- I am envying him, thought Cameron sardonically.
- I love watching the kids romp and in fact as I watch them I realize how much I envy them.
- No longer need he envy his long-dead friend, Martin Fenlon, for having saved the soul of an unrepentant sinner.
- Not that a one of them envied his freedom, consciously.
- She couldn't help envying Perdita.
- You've always been very close to them - in fact, it's one of the things I envied about you.
Longman Language Activatorbecause you want something that someone else has
you feel jealous when someone has something that you want, and you are annoyed that they have it and you do not: · Maybe he's jealous because I got the job and he didn't.jealous of: · I guess some of the other kids are jealous of her talent.· Rasputin was killed by men who were jealous of his influence with the Russian royal family.
especially written you feel envious when someone has something nice or special, and you wish that you had it too: · I see people who have opportunities I don't have, and I get envious.· She looks good, and enjoys the envious stares of other women.envious of: · Lewis was envious of Forney's success.
to wish that you had the same abilities, possessions etc as someone else: · I envied her. She looked so calm and capable.envy somebody for something: · He always envied his brother for the way he made friends so easily.envy somebody something: · I envied him his freedom to do or say what he wanted.
a feeling of wanting something that someone else has, especially when this makes you angry or unhappy: · Professional jealousy can cause huge problems in the office.jealousy of: · On one level, the story of Snow White is about a mother's jealousy of her daughter's beauty and sexuality.
the feeling you have when you want something that someone else has: · It was difficult to hide her envy as Jim described his new job.green with envy (=very envious): · Before you get green with envy, I had to do a lot of stuff that wasn't so glamorous, too.be the envy of somebody (=be something that someone else would like to have): · The country has a low crime rate that is the envy of most other countries.
spoken say this when you think that someone's bad or angry behaviour is caused by jealousy: · Brown said his rival's comments were just sour grapes..
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The scandal has stoked public outrage.
The scandal has stoked public outrage.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to wish that you had someone else’s possessions, abilities etc: - Color Cam Neely blue, and make everybody else green with envy when Jaromir Jagr showcases his enormous talents.
- His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with envy.
- It's enough to turn your fellow board directors green with envy.
- Many thanks for a first class mag, even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit!
- Carew felt a twinge of envy.
- Romanov felt a twinge of envy at the thought that he could never hope to live in such style.
- Thrilled by the beauty of the scene, she had sometimes felt a twinge of envy for the people on board.
I really envy you and Ian, you seem so happy together. She has a lifestyle which most people would envy.envy somebody something He envied Rosalind her youth and strength.2I don’t envy you/her etc spoken used to say that you are glad that you are not in the bad situation that someone else is inenvy1 verbenvy2 noun
envyenvy2 ●○○ noun [uncountable] WORD ORIGINenvy2
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French envie, from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘to look at with bad feelings’, from videre ‘to see’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Before you get green with envy, I had to do a lot of stuff that wasn't so glamorous, too.
- He stared with envy at Robert's new car.
- It was difficult to hide her envy as Jim described his new job.
- The country has a low crime rate that is the envy of most other countries.
- And the second feeling is one of extreme envy at their apparent cosiness.
- But it isn't easy to be envied, any more than it is to feel envy.
- Coupled with envy was a terrible sense of inferiority.
- I was consumed with envy of the young men and women who drifted together through the streets.
- She's aye the envy of every other girl on the island.
- She walked with a nose-up sprocket-hipped model-girl gait calculated to provoke maximum envy and resentment.
- What I felt as she stood there, waiting for further instructions from Sister Mary, was a moment of envy.
Longman Language Activatorbecause you want something that someone else has
you feel jealous when someone has something that you want, and you are annoyed that they have it and you do not: · Maybe he's jealous because I got the job and he didn't.jealous of: · I guess some of the other kids are jealous of her talent.· Rasputin was killed by men who were jealous of his influence with the Russian royal family.
especially written you feel envious when someone has something nice or special, and you wish that you had it too: · I see people who have opportunities I don't have, and I get envious.· She looks good, and enjoys the envious stares of other women.envious of: · Lewis was envious of Forney's success.
to wish that you had the same abilities, possessions etc as someone else: · I envied her. She looked so calm and capable.envy somebody for something: · He always envied his brother for the way he made friends so easily.envy somebody something: · I envied him his freedom to do or say what he wanted.
a feeling of wanting something that someone else has, especially when this makes you angry or unhappy: · Professional jealousy can cause huge problems in the office.jealousy of: · On one level, the story of Snow White is about a mother's jealousy of her daughter's beauty and sexuality.
the feeling you have when you want something that someone else has: · It was difficult to hide her envy as Jim described his new job.green with envy (=very envious): · Before you get green with envy, I had to do a lot of stuff that wasn't so glamorous, too.be the envy of somebody (=be something that someone else would like to have): · The country has a low crime rate that is the envy of most other countries.
spoken say this when you think that someone's bad or angry behaviour is caused by jealousy: · Brown said his rival's comments were just sour grapes..
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I felt a twinge of envy when I saw them together. She could see that all the other girls were green with envy (=feeling a lot of envy).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The scandal has stoked public outrage.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
I felt a twinge of envy when I saw them together. She could see that all the other girls were green with envy (=feeling a lot of envy). The scandal has stoked public outrage.· Other women took one look at them, and went green with envy.· Color Cam Neely blue, and make everybody else green with envy when Jaromir Jagr showcases his enormous talents.· It's enough to turn your fellow board directors green with envy.· His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with envy.· Many thanks for a first class mag, even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit!
VERB· Romanov felt a twinge of envy at the thought that he could never hope to live in such style.· I feel a stab of envy in spite of myself.· Generations of Artificers had lovingly serviced and adorned the gun; and Yeremi had felt bitten with envy.· She felt a stirring of envy at this unknown woman.· Carew felt a twinge of envy.· Thrilled by the beauty of the scene, she had sometimes felt a twinge of envy for the people on board.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1the feeling of wanting something that someone else haswith envy- And the one here, even incomplete, is the envy of all.
- It is a masterpiece of the silversmith's art - a trophy which will be the envy of the other National Associations.
- Leven has a playing field second to none which is the envy of many villages in the area.
- The mortgage department was the envy of the firm.
- The result was low inflation, job creation that was the envy of the developed world, and general prosperity.
- These structures provide not just a sense of belonging but a social life that would be the envy of many Westerners.
- They would be the envy of most developing countries.
- Color Cam Neely blue, and make everybody else green with envy when Jaromir Jagr showcases his enormous talents.
- His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with envy.
- It's enough to turn your fellow board directors green with envy.
- Many thanks for a first class mag, even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit!
- Carew felt a twinge of envy.
- Romanov felt a twinge of envy at the thought that he could never hope to live in such style.
- Thrilled by the beauty of the scene, she had sometimes felt a twinge of envy for the people on board.
He watched the others with envy.envy of his envy of the young man’s successtwinge/pang of envy I felt a twinge of envy when I saw them together. She could see that all the other girls were green with envy (=feeling a lot of envy).2be the envy of somebody to be something that other people admire and want to have very much: an education system that is the envy of all European countries