envious

  • 21envious - enviable — ◊ envious If you are envious, you wish you had something such as a possession, quality, or ability that someone else has. We see them doing things we are not allowed to do, and are envious. I tried hard not to be envious. You say that you are… …

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  • 22envious — adjective a) Feeling or exhibiting envy; desire of excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging b) Excessively careful; cautious …

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  • 23envious — Synonyms and related words: beefing, begrudging, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, coveting, covetous, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, desirous, desirous of, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied,… …

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  • 24envious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. jealous, invidious, covetous. See jealousy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a jealous nature] Syn. distrustful, suspicious, watchful; see jealous . 2. [DeSiring a possession of another] Syn.… …

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  • 25envious — en·vi·ous || envɪəs adj. jealous, desirous of what belongs to another …

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  • 26envious — veinous …

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  • 27envious — adjective feeling or showing envy. Derivatives enviously adverb …

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  • 28envious — a. 1. Jealous, disposed to envy. 2. Grudging …

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  • 29envious — adj begrudging, jealous, resentful, green eyed, green with envy, Obs. emulous; covetous, desirous, itching, yearning, hankering; discontent, malcontent, dissatisfied, displeased, unhappy …

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  • 30envious — en·vi·ous …

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