ENVY
\ˈɛnvi], \ˈɛnvi], \ˈɛ_n_v_i]\
Definitions of ENVY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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be envious of; set one's heart on
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a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
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spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
By Princeton University
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be envious of; set one's heart on
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a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
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spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To emulate.
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Malice; ill will; spite.
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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.
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Public odium; ill repute.
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An object of envious notice or feeling.
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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.
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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.
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To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
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To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
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To hate.
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To show malice or ill will; to rail.
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To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; - used especially with at.
By Oddity Software
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To emulate.
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Malice; ill will; spite.
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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.
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Public odium; ill repute.
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An object of envious notice or feeling.
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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.
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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.
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To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
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To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
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To hate.
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To show malice or ill will; to rail.
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To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; - used especially with at.
By Noah Webster.
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To grudge; to wish for (what is another's); feel displeasure at (the excellence or prosperity of another); to covet.
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To feel or exhibit covetousness.
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Ill-will or displeasure felt because of the excellence or good fortune of another.
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Envied.
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Envying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To look upon with a grudging eye: to hate on account of prosperity:-pr.p. envying; pa.p. envied.
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Pain at the sight of another's success: a wicked desire to supplant one: (B.) ill-will.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To regard with envy; feel envy; covet; grudge.
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To admire and covet without ill will.
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Bitterness or hatred in view of what another enjoys; envious desire.
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A worthy longing for a good possessed by another, without ill will toward the possessor.
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An object of envy.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pain excited by the sight of another's superiority or success, accompanied with some degree of hatred or ill-will, and satisfaction in his mortification; malice; malignity; ill-repute; rivalry.
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To regard with envy; to grudge; to wish for.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] Pain, uneasiness, mortification, or discontent excited by the sight of another's superiority or success; —unwillingness to be excelled; emulation; rivalry; competition; malice; malignity;—invidiousness; ill repute;—object of desire.
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To hate another for excellence or success; to grieve at any qualities of excellence in another; to grudge.
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To feel envy, to feel pain at the fight of excellence or felicity.
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Pain felt and malignity conceived at the fight of excellence or happiness; rivalry, competition; malice.
By Thomas Sheridan
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