jealousy

noun

/ˈdʒeləsi/

(plural jealousies)

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[uncountable] a feeling of being jealous
- I felt sick with jealousy.
- He felt a sudden stab of pure sexual jealousy.
Extra Examples
- Her promotion aroused intense jealousy among her colleagues.
- I felt a pang of jealousy.
- She'd never felt jealousy before.
- his obsessive jealousy of his ex-wife
Topics Feelingsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- extreme
- intense
- pure
- …
… of jealousy
- fit
- pang
- stab
- …
verb + jealousy
- feel
- arouse
- cause
- …
preposition
- jealousy of
phrases
- feelings of jealousy
See full entry
[countable] an action or a remark that shows that a person is jealous
- I'm tired of her petty jealousies.

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gelosie, from gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.

单词	jealousy
释义	jealousy noun /ˈdʒeləsi/ /ˈdʒeləsi/ (plural jealousies) jump to other results [uncountable] a feeling of being jealous I felt sick with jealousy. He felt a sudden stab of pure sexual jealousy. Extra Examples Her promotion aroused intense jealousy among her colleagues. I felt a pang of jealousy. She'd never felt jealousy before. his obsessive jealousy of his ex-wife Topics Feelingsb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective extreme intense pure … … of jealousy fit pang stab … verb + jealousy feel arouse cause … preposition jealousy of phrases feelings of jealousy See full entry [countable] an action or a remark that shows that a person is jealous I'm tired of her petty jealousies. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gelosie, from gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.
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