Definition of envy Envy
/ɛˈnvi/ - [envee] - en•vy
We found 24 definitions of envy from 7 different sources.
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What does envy mean?
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NounPlural: envy |
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| envy - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another | ||
| enviousness | ||
| rancor, rancour, resentment, bitterness, gall a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | ||
| covetousness an envious eagerness to possess something | ||
| green-eyed monster, jealousy zealous vigilance; "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard | ||
| envy - spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||
| invidia | ||
| deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins" | ||
Verb |
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| envy - be envious of; set one's heart on | ||
| begrudge | ||
| desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" | ||
| covet wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house" | ||
| envy - feel envious towards; admire enviously | ||
| look up to, admire feel admiration for | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- envy (n.)
Malice; ill will; spite. - envy (n.)
Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar. - envy (n.)
Emulation; rivalry. - envy (n.)
Public odium; ill repute. - envy (n.)
An object of envious notice or feeling. - envy (v. t.)
To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. - envy (v. t.)
To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge. - envy (v. t.)
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet. - envy (v. t.)
To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. - envy (v. t.)
To hate. - envy (v. t.)
To emulate. - envy (v. i.)
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at. - envy (v. i.)
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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envy
Feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc. -
envy
To feel envy of.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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envy
en′vi, v.t. to look upon with a grudging eye: to hate on account of prosperity:—pr.p. en′vying; pa.p. en′vied.—n. grief at the sight of another's success: a wicked desire to supplant one: a desire for the advantages enjoyed by another: (B.) ill-will.—adj. En′viable, that is to be envied.—n. En′viableness, the state or quality of being enviable.—adv. En′viably.—n. En′vier, one who envies.—adj. En′vious, feeling envy: directed by envy: (Spens.) enviable.—adv. En′viously.—ns. En′viousness; En′vying (B.), jealousy, ill-will. [Fr. envie—L. invidia—in, on, vidēre, to look.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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envy
Envy never enriched any man.
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