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   envy

   /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 jealousyenviousnesscovetousnessdesireresentmentresentfulnessbitternessdiscontentspitethe green-eyed monsterOpposite generosity
   • ▪ a person or thing that inspires envy: "France has a film industry that is the envy of Europe" Similar object/source of envybestfinestpridetopcreampickchoiceeliteprizejeweljewel in the crownflowerparagonleading lightglorythe crème de la crèmeOpposite shamedregs

   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 be envious ofbe jealous ofbegrudgegrudgebe resentful ofOpposite be glad for
   • ▪ desire for oneself (something belonging to another): "a lifestyle which most of us would envy" Similar covetbe covetous ofdesireaspire towish forwantlong foryearn forhanker after/forbe consumed with desire forcravehave one's heart set oninformal:have the hots for

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. envier noun

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   Synonyms for ENVY: jealousy, hatred, resentment, covetousness, enviousness, invidiousness, animosity, enmity; Antonyms of ENVY: sympathy, kindness, goodwill, benevolence

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   Synonyms for ENVY in English: covetousness, spite, hatred, resentment, jealousy, bitterness, malice, ill will, malignity, resentfulness, …

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   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. ... synonyms: enviousness. see more see less. types: covetousness. an envious eagerness to possess something. green ...

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    envy: [noun] painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage.

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    Synonyms for ENVY: enviousness, covetousness, jealousy, resentment, rivalry, ill will, spite, grudge; Antonyms for ENVY: comfort, contentedness, pleasure, confidence ...