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- Dictionaryenvy/ˈɛnvi/
noun
- 1. a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck: "she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else): "he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends" Similar Opposite
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noun [ U ] uk / ˈen.vi / us / ˈen.vi / B2. the feeling that you wish you had something that someone else has: I watched with envy as she set off for the airport. Compare. jealousy. be the envy of someone. C2. to be liked and wanted by a lot of people: Her hair is the envy of the office. See more. More examples.
The meaning of ENVY is painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage. How to use envy in a sentence. Jealousy vs. Envy.
Envy is a mostly negative feeling of desire for something that someone else has and you do not. Envy is not a good feeling—it can be described as a mix of admiration and discontent. But it’s not necessarily malicious. Envy is very similar in meaning to jealousy.
To envy is to feel resentful and unhappy because someone else possesses, or has achieved, what one wishes oneself to possess, or to have achieved: to envy the wealthy, a woman's beauty, an honest man's reputation.
Wanting what someone else has and resenting them for having it is envy. If your best friend comes to school with the silver backpack you’d had your eye on all summer, you want to be happy for her, instead you feel bitter envy.
to wish that you had something that another person has: I envy her ability to talk to people she's never met before. [ + two objects ] I don't envy you the job of cooking for all those people. Fewer examples. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.
the feeling of wanting to be in the same situation as somebody else; the feeling of wanting something that somebody else has synonym jealousy (1) envy (of somebody) He couldn't conceal his envy of me. envy (at/of something) She felt a pang of envy at the thought of his success. They looked with envy at her latest purchase.
