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enviousness

DEFINITIONS OF: enviousness

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n a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

Synonyms:
envy
Types:
covetousness
an envious eagerness to possess something
green-eyed monster, jealousy
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
penis envy
(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
Type of:
bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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