enviousadjective
uk/ˈen.vi.əs/us/ˈen.vi.əs/wishing you had what another person has:
I'm very envious of your new coat - it's beautiful.
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jealous
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envy
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Envy and jealousy
- all right
- be green with envy idiom
- covet
- covetable
- covetous
- enviable
- envy
- green
- grudge
- jealous
- jealousy
- possessive
enviously
adverb uk/ˈen.vi.əs.li/us/ˈen.vi.əs.li/
I was looking enviously at your plate, wishing I'd had the fish.
enviousness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈen.vi.əs.nəs/us/ˈen.vi.əs.nəs/