envy
Other forms: envied; envying; envies
Wanting what someone else has and resenting them for having it is envy. If your best friend comes to school with the silver backpack you’d had your eye on all summer, you want to be happy for her, instead you feel bitter envy.
Envy comes from the Latin word invidere, which literally means “look upon.” You know when you say something funny or smart and someone gives you the evil eye? Envy all the way. Envy can be used as a noun or as a verb: Envy (noun) is the feeling you have when you envy (verb) what someone else has.
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a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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synonyms:
enviousness
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types:
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covetousness
an envious eagerness to possess something
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green-eyed monster, jealousy
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
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penis envy
(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
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type of:
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bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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covetousness
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spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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synonyms:
invidia
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type of:
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deadly sin, mortal sin
an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
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deadly sin, mortal sin
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feel envious towards; admire enviously
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type of:
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admire, look up to
feel admiration for
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admire, look up to
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be envious of; set one's heart on
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envy / jealousy
Vocabulary lists containing envy
To help her little sister prepare for middle school, Augusta recounts the many friendly, snobby, hilarious, and strange people she's encountered since starting sixth grade.
In this novel in verse, a girl befriends a stray dog while quarantining with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Twelve-year-old Liberty finds solace in a new friendship after her parents split up.
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