[ˈɛnvɪ], [ˈɛnvɪ], [ˈɛ_n_v_ɪ]
Definitions of envy
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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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feel envious towards; admire enviously
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spite and resentment at seeing the success of another ( personified as one of the deadly sins)
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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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Emulation; rivalry.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pain at the sight of another's prosperity.
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To grudge; hate on account of prosperity.
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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.
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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.
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To repine at another's superiority; to dislike and be discontented on account of the superior excellence or success of another; to look upon with malice.
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Hatred or ill- will excited by the superior success or excellence of another; malice.
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Usage examples for envy
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Beginning now to envy every soul of them in the wilds. – Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
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Warrington missed the searching glance, which was not without its touch of envy – Parrot & Co. by Harold MacGrath
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I shall be the envy of every man in London; people will no longer call me Lionel Dacre. – Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Braeme
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This is a sight worth living eighty hard years to see, and I envy that old couple as I never envied any one before. – Moods by Louisa May Alcott
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I envy you having such a lovely home. – Sisters Three by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
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There are times when I envy you. – The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest by Margaret Vandercook
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" All the more, then, I envy you! – 54-40 or Fight by Emerson Hough
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" I envy you your success, and only wish that I could talk French as you do, to be employed on the same sort of service. – Paddy Finn by W. H. G. Kingston
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We can only look on and envy – Stories from Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile
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I say, between wise men there is no envy – The Last Of The Barons, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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" I envy you both," said Noel. – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell
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My congratulations are untouched by envy – The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope
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They experience no shame, fear, ambition, envy or love. – Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed. by S. A. Reilly
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Fact is, I envy him right now, and I'll bet he doesn't envy me a penny's worth." – The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Thornton W. Burgess
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" No man has ever done that," whispered the barber, filled with envy given up his own bride to another." – A Christian But a Roman by Mór Jókai
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She nearly cried with envy – The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
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" A pleasant thing to think about-" He did not envy Kendrick his thoughts. – Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
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Envy without a doubt. – Old Calabria by Norman Douglas
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The envy which peered through Ygberg's words slightly clouded the sunny sky; but it was only for a moment, for everybody realized that the bitterness of a long, wasted life, must be held responsible for it. – The Red Room by August Strindberg
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I envy not the twelve, Nearer to me is he; The life he once lived here on earth He lives again in me. – Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Various