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invidious
invidiousunfairly discriminating; injurious; hateful; calculated to give offense; causing animosity or resentment: an invidious comment
Not to be confused with:insidious – progressing inconspicuously but harmfully: an insidious disease; treacherous; crafty; stealthily deceitful: an insidious agreement; corrupting; cunning, wilyin·vid·i·ous I0216500 (ĭn-vĭd′ē-əs)adj.1. Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations.2. Offensive and unfair: invidious distinctions.3. Archaic Envious.
[Latin invidiōsus, envious, hostile, from invidia, envy; see envy.]
in·vid′i·ous·ly adv.invidious (ɪnˈvɪdɪəs) adj1. incurring or tending to arouse resentment, unpopularity, etc: an invidious task. 2. (of comparisons or distinctions) unfairly or offensively discriminating3. obsolete grudging; envious[C17: from Latin invidiōsus full of envy, from invidia envy] inˈvidiously adv inˈvidiousness nin•vid•i•ous (ɪnˈvɪd i əs)
adj. 1. calculated to create ill will; causing resentment or envy. 2. offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious: invidious comparisons. 3. Obs. envious. [1600–10; < Latin invidiōsus, derivative of invidi(a) envy] in•vid′i•ous•ly, adv. in•vid′i•ous•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | invidious - containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"discriminatoryunfavorable, unfavourable - not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression" |
invidiousadjective1. undesirable, unpleasant, hateful, thankless He's in the invidious position of having to break the bad news.
undesirable pleasant, desirable, pleasing2. unfair, unjust, unjustified, inequitable It is invidious to make a selection.invidiousadjective1. Damaging to the reputation:calumnious, defamatory, detractive, injurious, scandalous, slanderous.Law: libelous.2. Resentfully or painfully desirous of another's advantages:covetous, envious, green-eyed, jealous.Translationsodiosospiacevoleantipaticoinvidious
Related to invidious: temporizeSynonyms for invidiousadj undesirableSynonyms- undesirable
- unpleasant
- hateful
- thankless
Antonyms- pleasant
- desirable
- pleasing
adj unfairSynonyms- unfair
- unjust
- unjustified
- inequitable
Synonyms for invidiousadj damaging to the reputationSynonyms- calumnious
- defamatory
- detractive
- injurious
- scandalous
- slanderous
- libelous
adj resentfully or painfully desirous of another's advantagesSynonyms- covetous
- envious
- green-eyed
- jealous
Synonyms for invidiousadj containing or implying a slight or showing prejudiceSynonymsRelated Words |