51³Ō¹Ļ

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envious

[en-vee-uhs]

adjective

  1. full of, feeling, or expressing envy.

    envious of a person's success; an envious attack.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. Archaic.Ģż

    1. emulous.

    2. enviable.



envious

/ ĖˆÉ›²Ō±¹ÉŖÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. feeling, showing, or resulting from envy

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • enviously adverb
  • enviousness noun
  • nonenvious adjective
  • nonenviously adverb
  • nonenviousness noun
  • overenvious adjective
  • overenviously adverb
  • overenviousness noun
  • quasi-envious adjective
  • quasi-enviously adverb
  • unenvious adjective
  • unenviously adverb
  • ˈ±š²Ō±¹¾±“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
  • ˈ±š²Ō±¹¾±“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of envious1

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French envieus < Latin ¾±²Ō±¹¾±»å¾±Å²õ³Ü²õ invidious
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of envious1

C13: from Anglo-Norman, ultimately from Latin ¾±²Ō±¹¾±»å¾±Å²õ³Ü²õ full of envy, invidious ; see envy
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Example Sentences

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They don’t care to actually understand another culture or truly bask in its surroundings, they just want to feel enough culture to post Instagram stories that will make you envious while you’re stuck at home.

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Wilson's response was to argue that to "talk about white privilege is envious and sinful."

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Why not say it because you know everybody’s thinking it, from those envious little brothers down in San Diego to the expensive embarrassments in New York.

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Dr Hildebrandt says the output of research from the German institutes was vast, and researchers across the world were "envious" of the volume of work coming out of the country.

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ā€œI look at other great actors, primarily, but I look at other great artists and musicians and I can spot it a mile away. And I’m so envious that I don’t have what they have.ā€

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When To Use

What doesĢżenvious mean?

Envious means feeling, full of, or expressing envy—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. Envious is very similar in meaning to jealous. However, jealous usually implies a deeper resentment, perhaps because you feel that you deserve the thing more than the other person, or that it is unfair that they have it.Envious is often followed by the word of and the person or thing that’s the object of envy, as in I must admit that I’m envious of her talent. Example: Other people’s perfectly curated social media feeds often cause us to feel envious, but we need to keep in mind that they don’t show the whole story of what someone’s life is like—only the highlights.

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