envious English

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envious Adjective

— When someone is envious, that person is jealous and has the feeling of wanting something that someone else has. As someone who does not own a car, I sometimes feel quite envious of my colleges that do.

envious

— adjective (= covetous, jealous) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages he was never covetous before he met her jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions envious of their art collection

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jealous

covetous

malicious

spiteful

greedy

envy

invidious

suspicious

hothead

hot-tempered

easily angered

detracting

cruel

zealous

wrathful

unfriendly

rival

resentment

resentful

not enduring

lustful

jaundiced

intolerant

inimical

impatient

hostile

hate

hard

guarding

grudging

green-eyed

green with envy

green

grasping

evil

enviable

enthusiastic

emulous

eager

disdainful

discontented

desirous

covetous grudging

covet

cankered

calumnious

begrudge

bad

angry

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