jealousyjeal‧ous‧y /ˈdʒeləsi/ ●●○ noun (plural jealousies) 
Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy when she saw Paul with Suzanne. Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder. feelings of professional jealousy He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life.COLLOCATIONSphrasesfeelings of jealousy· How do I deal with my feelings of jealousy regarding my girlfriend?a pang/stab/twinge of jealousy (=a sudden feeling of jealousy)· Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy when she saw Paul with Suzanne.in a fit of jealousy (=because a sudden feeling of jealousy makes you do something)· In a fit of jealousy, Ben broke off their engagement.adjectivespure jealousy· Their remarks were motivated by pure jealousy.petty jealousy disapproving (=jealousy about unimportant things)· He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life.sexual jealousy (=jealousy caused by sexual desire)· Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.professional jealousy (=between people who do the same kind of work)· Feelings of professional jealousy can upset the workings of an office.verbsfeel jealousy· He felt a lot of jealousy at the thought of her with Tony.cause jealousy· A partner's involvement with friends, family, or work colleagues can cause jealousy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- For a moment, she was overcome by jealousy.
- He quit last week, citing office politics and petty jealousies.
- How should a single mother deal with her son's jealousy of her new boyfriend?
- On one level, the story of Snow White is about a mother's jealousy of her daughter's beauty and sexuality.
- Professional jealousy can cause huge problems in the office.
- The police believe Morgan strangled his girlfriend in a fit of jealousy.
- Acknowledge your jealousy, laugh at your unreasonable behaviour, and don't take yourself so seriously.
- Educated men hid their jealousy awfully well.
- I am immobilized by anger, jealousy, and revulsion.
- Psychologists have found that couples who lack moments of jealousy are less likely to stay together than jealous ones.
- She merely shook her head while jealousy gnawed at her.
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..
because someone loves another person angry and unhappy because you think your husband, girlfriend etc loves someone else more than they love you: · Some parents feel jealous if their child loves the nanny or babysitter.· Corwin has several female friends, and says his wife has never been jealous.· Police believe the shootings may have been the work of a jealous boyfriend.get jealous (=become jealous): · My girlfriend gets jealous if I even look at another woman.make somebody jealous: · Trying to make your boyfriend or girlfriend jealous isn't a good idea.jealous of: · Some fathers are jealous of the attention a new baby receives, even if they won't admit it.
someone who is possessive wants their husband or wife, children, friends etc to love only them, and does not like them spending time with other people: · She was too possessive, always wanting to know where I was, who I was with.possessive of/about: · She is extremely possessive about her university friends, and doesn't like them mixing independently with her workmates.
the angry, unhappy feeling you have when you think your husband, girlfriend etc loves someone else more than they love you: · The police believe Morgan strangled his girlfriend in a fit of jealousy. · For a moment, she was overcome by jealousy.jealousy of: · How should a single mother deal with her son's jealousy of her new boyfriend?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYphrases When she heard of her son’s death, she was mad with grief. She felt a sudden pang of guilt.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· How do I deal with my feelings of jealousy regarding my girlfriend?
(=a sudden feeling of jealousy)· Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy when she saw Paul with Suzanne.
(=because a sudden feeling of jealousy makes you do something)· In a fit of jealousy, Ben broke off their engagement.
adjectives· Their remarks were motivated by pure jealousy.
disapproving (=jealousy about unimportant things)· He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life.
(=jealousy caused by sexual desire)· Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.
(=between people who do the same kind of work)· Feelings of professional jealousy can upset the workings of an office.
verbs· He felt a lot of jealousy at the thought of her with Tony.
· A partner's involvement with friends, family, or work colleagues can cause jealousy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES When she heard of her son’s death, she was mad with grief. She felt a sudden pang of guilt.· The sudden rivalries and petty jealousies.· Her petty jealousy and deep ambivalence about Dickinson explode through her schoolmarm prose.· Whoever succeeds Kinnock, these differences are unlikely to get in anyone's way. Petty rivalries and jealousies will.· This bitter struggle was personified by the Soong family, for years rent by political differences and petty jealousies.· Athelstan watched the scene around him and tried to keep his mind free of Benedicta and the petty jealousies which nagged him.
· There's an even an air of professional jealousy at the Pinchers' Berkshire home.· It hardly mattered whether unfounded suspicion, bred by professional jealousy, or something more serious had prompted this anonymous note.· Which begins with a disclaimer, denying even a grain of professional jealousy.· A very scholarly and erudite work, widely acclaimed at the time but since much maligned. Professional jealousy?
VERB· For an instant Alyssia felt a rush of jealousy, which she just as quickly stamped on.· Jane feels jealousy and berates herself for having imagined Rochester attracted to her plain self.· It felt like jealousy, but how could she know that?· If he felt a pang of jealousy, it vanished at once.· The pain she felt went beyond jealousy this time.· I certainly felt lust and jealousy, but if that's all love was, it wasn't enough.· He felt a pang of jealousy.· You're so young, you've never felt love or jealousy, have you, Miss Eyre?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etc
[countable, uncountable] a feeling of being jealousa pang/stab/twinge of jealousy (=a sudden feeling of jealousy)- 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.
Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy when she saw Paul with Suzanne. Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder. feelings of professional jealousy He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life.COLLOCATIONSphrasesfeelings of jealousy· How do I deal with my feelings of jealousy regarding my girlfriend?a pang/stab/twinge of jealousy (=a sudden feeling of jealousy)· Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy when she saw Paul with Suzanne.in a fit of jealousy (=because a sudden feeling of jealousy makes you do something)· In a fit of jealousy, Ben broke off their engagement.adjectivespure jealousy· Their remarks were motivated by pure jealousy.petty jealousy disapproving (=jealousy about unimportant things)· He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life.sexual jealousy (=jealousy caused by sexual desire)· Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.professional jealousy (=between people who do the same kind of work)· Feelings of professional jealousy can upset the workings of an office.verbsfeel jealousy· He felt a lot of jealousy at the thought of her with Tony.cause jealousy· A partner's involvement with friends, family, or work colleagues can cause jealousy.