enviable

The definition of enviable is something that causes or is likely to cause jealousy.

(adjective)

A really nice house and car are examples of things that would be described as enviable.

See enviable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

good enough to be envied or desired

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See enviable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

So desirable as to arouse envy: “the enviable English quality of being able to be mute without unrest” (Henry James).

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