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envy
envya feeling of discontent or covetousness of another’s advantages, possessions, or attainments; desire for something possessed by another: I envy her talent for decorating.
Not to be confused with:jealousy – jealous resentment against a person enjoying success or advantage; anger or fear of losing something or someone to a rival: Her unbridled jealousy is apparent whenever her boyfriend dances with another woman. [Although envy and jealousy are close in meaning, they have some different connotations. To envy is to feel unhappy because someone else possesses or has accomplished something you wish you had yourself. Jealousy is resenting someone who has gained something that you think you more rightly deserve. It also refers to the anguish caused by fear or suspicions of unfaithfulness.]en·vy E0168900 (ĕn′vē)n. pl. en·vies 1. a. A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another. See Usage Note at jealous.b. The object of such feeling: Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors.2. Obsolete Malevolence.tr.v. en·vied, en·vy·ing, en·vies 1. To feel envy toward (another person).2. To regard (something) with envy.
[Middle English envie, from Old French, from Latin invidia, from invidus, envious, from invidēre, to look at with envy : in-, in, on; see en-1 + vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots. V., from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invidēre.]
en′vi·er n.en′vy·ing·ly adv.envy (ˈɛnvɪ) n, pl -vies1. a feeling of grudging or somewhat admiring discontent aroused by the possessions, achievements, or qualities of another2. the desire to have for oneself something possessed by another; covetousness3. an object of envyvb, -vies, -vying or -viedto be envious of (a person or thing)[C13: via Old French from Latin invidia, from invidēre to eye maliciously, from in-2 + vidēre to see] ˈenvier n ˈenvyingly adven•vy (ˈɛn vi)
n., pl. -vies, n. 1. a feeling of resentful discontent, begrudging admiration, or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, possessions, or attainments; desire for something possessed by another. 2. an object of envious feeling: She was the envy of all her classmates. 3. Obs. ill will. v.t. 4. to regard with envy; be envious of. v.i. 5. Obs. to be affected with envy. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin invidia <invid(us) envious (derivative of invidēre to envy; see invidious)] en′vy•ing•ly, adv. syn: envy and jealousy are very close in meaning. envy denotes a longing to possess something awarded to or achieved by another: to feel envy when a friend inherits a fortune. jealousy, on the other hand, denotes a feeling of resentment that another has gained something that one more rightfully deserves: to feel jealousy when a coworker receives a promotion. jealousy also refers to anguish caused by fear of losing someone or something to a rival: a husband's jealousy of other men. Envy - As a moth gnaws a garment, so does envy consume a man —Saint John Chrysostam
- As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy —Livy
- Envy hit him … like lack of oxygen —William Mcllvanney
- (Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for) envy is a kind of praise —John Gay
- Envy is like a fly that passes all a body’s sounder parts and dwells upon the sores —George Chapman
- Envy, like fire, soars upwards —Livy
- Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock —Francis Beaumont
- Felt a twinge of jealousy, green as a worm, wiggling deep in my center —W. P. Kinsella
- Intense jealousy struck him like a missile —Mark Helprin
- It [jealousy] was like a taste in his mouth —Joyce Carol Oates
- Jealousy … descended on his spirit like a choking and pestilence-laden cloud —Thomas Wolfe
- Jealousy is a kind of civil war in the soul, where judgment and imagination are at perpetual jars —William Penn
- Jealousy is cruel as the grave —The Holy Bible/Song of Solomon
- Jealousy is like a bad toothache. It does not let a person do anything, not even sit still. It can only be walked off —Milan Kundera
- Jealousy is like a polished glass held to the lips when life is in doubt; if there be breath, it will catch the damp and show it —John Dryden
- Jealousy that surrounds me like a too-warm room —William H. Gass
- Jealousy whirled inside her like a racing motor —Milan Kundera
- Stir up jealousy like a man of war —The Holy Bible/Isaiah
- A wave of jealousy floats in my stomach like a cork —Ira Wood
envy
Past participle: envied
Gerund: envying
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| I envy | | you envy | | he/she/it envies | | we envy | | you envy | | they envy |
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| I envied | | you envied | | he/she/it envied | | we envied | | you envied | | they envied |
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| I am envying | | you are envying | | he/she/it is envying | | we are envying | | you are envying | | they are envying |
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| I have envied | | you have envied | | he/she/it has envied | | we have envied | | you have envied | | they have envied |
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| I was envying | | you were envying | | he/she/it was envying | | we were envying | | you were envying | | they were envying |
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| I had envied | | you had envied | | he/she/it had envied | | we had envied | | you had envied | | they had envied |
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| I will envy | | you will envy | | he/she/it will envy | | we will envy | | you will envy | | they will envy |
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| I will have envied | | you will have envied | | he/she/it will have envied | | we will have envied | | you will have envied | | they will have envied |
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| I will be envying | | you will be envying | | he/she/it will be envying | | we will be envying | | you will be envying | | they will be envying |
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| I have been envying | | you have been envying | | he/she/it has been envying | | we have been envying | | you have been envying | | they have been envying |
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| I will have been envying | | you will have been envying | | he/she/it will have been envying | | we will have been envying | | you will have been envying | | they will have been envying |
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| I had been envying | | you had been envying | | he/she/it had been envying | | we had been envying | | you had been envying | | they had been envying |
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| I would envy | | you would envy | | he/she/it would envy | | we would envy | | you would envy | | they would envy |
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| I would have envied | | you would have envied | | he/she/it would have envied | | we would have envied | | you would have envied | | they would have envied |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  envy - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by anotherenviousnessbitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-willcovetousness - an envious eagerness to possess somethinggreen-eyed monster, jealousy - a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)penis envy - (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity | | 2. | envy - spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)invidiadeadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins" | | Verb | 1. | envy - feel envious towards; admire enviouslyadmire, look up to - feel admiration for | | 2. |  envy - be envious of; set one's heart on begrudgedesire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"covet - wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house" |
envynoun1. covetousness, spite, hatred, resentment, jealousy, bitterness, malice, ill will, malignity, resentfulness, enviousness (informal) He admitted his feelings of envy towards his brother.verb1. be jealous (of), resent, begrudge, be envious (of) I have a famous brother and a lot of people envy me for that.2. covet, desire, crave, aspire to, yearn for, hanker after He envied Caroline her peace of mind.Quotations
"Nothing sharpens sight like envy" [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
"Our envy always lasts much longer than the happiness of those we envy" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims]
"Even success softens not the heart of the envious" [Pindar Odes]envynounResentful or painful desire for another's advantages:covetousness, enviousness, jealousy.verbTo feel envy towards or for:begrudge, covet, grudge.Translationsenvy (ˈenvi) noun a feeling of discontent at another's good fortune or success. She could not conceal her envy of me / at my success. 妒忌 妒忌 verb1. to feel envy towards (someone). He envied me; She envied him his money. 妒忌 妒忌2. to feel envy because of. I've always envied that dress of yours. 因...而妒忌 因...而妒忌ˈenviable adjective (negative unenviable) that is to be envied. She spoke in public with enviable ease. 值得羨慕的，令人稱羨的 值得羡慕的，引起妒忌的 ˈenvious adjective feeling or showing envy. I'm envious of her talents. 妒忌的, 羨慕的 妒忌的，羡慕的 the envy of something envied by. Her piano-playing was the envy of her sisters. 妒忌物 妒忌物envy
be green with envyTo be very jealous of another person. My daughter loves being on stage, so she is just green with envy that Alice got the lead in the school play. When I was a kid, I threw my brother's birthday cake on the floor because I was green with envy that it wasn't my birthday.See also: envy, greenenvy (one) for (something)To feel jealousy toward someone for some reason. I envy my sister for her unflappable nature—criticism or judgment just does not bother her at all. Boy, do I envy you for your gorgeous red hair!See also: envygreen with envyVery jealous of another person. My daughter loves being on stage, so she is just green with envy that Alice got the lead in the school play. When I was a kid, I threw my brother's birthday cake on the floor because I was green with envy that it wasn't my birthday.See also: envy, greenbe the envy of (someone or something)To be that which is most admired or envied by someone or something. You guys will be the envy of the neighborhood once your new pool is finished. As the only one with a window, Beth's corner office is the envy of the department.See also: envy, ofenvy someone for someone or somethingto regard one with jealousy or resentment because of someone or something one has. I envy you for your lovely car. We all envy you for your beautiful children.See also: envy*green with envyFig. appearing jealous; appearing envious. (*Typically: be ~ become ∼.) My new car made my neighbor green with envy. Bill was green with envy that I won first place.See also: envy, greengreen with envyFull of desire for someone's possessions or advantages; extremely covetous. For example, Her fur coat makes me green with envy. Shakespeare described envy as the green sickness ( Anthony and Cleopatra, 3:2), but the current phrase, dating from the mid-1800s, is the one most often heard. Also see green-eyed monster. See also: envy, greengreen with envy If you are green with envy, you very much want to do something that another person is doing or have what they have. She told us she was going to live in Paris and we were all green with envy. This is the most exciting discovery I have made in 20 years of digging. Archaeologists everywhere will be green with envy. Note: This expression is usually used light-heartedly rather than disapprovingly. Note: A greenish-coloured skin on the face was traditionally believed to show jealousy. See also: envy, greengreen with envy very envious or jealous.See also: envy, greenbe the envy of somebody/something be a person or thing that other people admire and that causes feelings of envy: Our new games console was the envy of all the kids in the street.See also: envy, of, somebody, somethingˌgreen with ˈenvy very jealous (= wanting something that somebody else has): He was green with envy when he saw their expensive new car.See also: envy, greengreen-eyed monster/green with envyJealousy. The green-eyed monster comes straight from Shakespeare’s Othello (3.3), where the villain Iago tells Othello, “O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey’d monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” The poet’s allusion is to the green-eyed cat family who tease their prey, seeming to love and hate them at the same time. However, a greenish complexion also was associated with jealousy, and elsewhere Shakespeare wrote “Troubled with the green sickness” (Antony and Cleopatra, 3.2). Jealousy and envy are not precisely synonyms; the first is a feeling of resentment against someone who enjoys success or an advantage, or who is a rival; the second is more a feeling of covetousness with regard to someone’s possessions or advantages. Nevertheless the color green came to symbolize envy as well, although somewhat later.See also: envy, green, monsterEnvy
EnvySee also Jealousy.Amnerisenvious of Aida. [Ital. Opera: Verdi, Aida, Westerman, 325]Cinderella’s sistersenvious of their sister’s beauty. [Folklore: Barnhart, 246]greensymbol of envy; “the green-eyed monster.” [Color Symbolism: Jobes, 357; Br. Lit.: Othello]IagoOthello’s ensign who, from malevolence and envy, persuades Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful. [Br. Lit.: Othello]Joseph’s brothersresented him for Jacob’s love and gift. [O.T.: Genesis 37:4]Lenskyenvy of Onegin leads to his death in a duel. [Russ. Opera: Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, Westerman, 395–397]Lisaenvious of Amina; tries unsuccessful stratagems. [Ital. Opera: Bellini, The Sleepwalker, Westerman, 128–130]Snow White’s stepmotherenvious of her beauty, queen orders Snow White’s death. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Grimm, 184]envy
envy a desire to have another's possessions or qualities for oneself.penis envy in psychoanalysis, the concept that the female envies the male his possession of a penis, first described by Freud as occurring during the phallic stage in little girls as they become aware of anatomical differences between the sexes. It is often used more broadly for the women's generalized envy of men or their characteristics.en·vy (en'vē), One's feeling of discontent or jealousy resulting from comparison with another person.envyUnhappiness about or the wish to possess qualities, physical attributes, or belongings of someone else.ENVY
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envy
Synonyms for envynoun covetousnessSynonyms- covetousness
- spite
- hatred
- resentment
- jealousy
- bitterness
- malice
- ill will
- malignity
- resentfulness
- enviousness
verb be jealous (of)Synonyms- be jealous (of)
- resent
- begrudge
- be envious (of)
verb covetSynonyms- covet
- desire
- crave
- aspire to
- yearn for
- hanker after
Synonyms for envynoun resentful or painful desire for another's advantagesSynonyms- covetousness
- enviousness
- jealousy
verb to feel envy towards or forSynonymsSynonyms for envynoun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by anotherSynonymsRelated Words- bitterness
- rancor
- rancour
- resentment
- gall
- covetousness
- green-eyed monster
- jealousy
- penis envy
noun spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)SynonymsRelated Wordsverb feel envious towardsRelated Wordsverb be envious ofSynonymsRelated Words |