envious Definition
en·vi·ous (en′vē əs)
adjective
- characterized by envy; feeling, showing, or resulting from envy
- Obsolete
- emulous
- enviable
Etymology: ME < OFr envieus < L invidiosus < invidia, envy
envious Related Forms
en′·vi·ously adverb
en′·vi·ous·ness noun
envious Synonyms
envious
modif.
Having a jealous nature
distrustful, suspicious, watchful; see jealous.Desiring a possession of another
covetous, desirous, resentful, jealous, desiring, wishful, longing for, aspiring, greedy, grasping, craving, hankering, begrudging, grudging, jaundiced, green-eyed*, jaundice-eyed*, green with envy*. Antonyms
generous*, gracious*, charitable.
envious Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- people: I am actively envious of the two people I know who do.
- man: It makes me envious of the man that has them all.
Modifying Another Word
- quite: I feel quite envious actually, you can escape for weekends whenever you want to.
- slightly: Most people were going all the way it seemed and we were slightly envious of them as we left the boat.
- extremely: I think there will be at least 2 more orders as my fellow Xbox owners seem to be extremely envious.
- little: We are allowed to be a little envious of the French.
- very: I am afraid I have no photos - I am very envious of some of the photos you have on your site.
- so: I am so envious but not enough to not say, " You lucky witch you.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: The tackle on his hook would have made donkeys envious worldwide.
- feel: When England played Wales in Cardiff recently, I felt a bit envious of the Welsh who sang their own national anthem.
Modifies a noun
- glance: Indeed the silliness of some of the hats drew envious glances from passing anglers, whose khaki bush hats were quite put to shame.
- eye: His garden draws envious eyes, none greener than Mrs Frost's.
- look: Meaning you can expect envious looks wherever you go â even in the executive lounge.
- man: Christ knew that the envious man would sow tares.
- one: Yes your colleagues might think you've gone a little crazy but they'll be the envious ones when you develop buns of steel.
- people: What we thought were envious people disparagingly called us " the legal factory " .
Used with adjective complement
- feel: I feel quite envious actually, you can escape for weekends whenever you want to.
- become: Do not display your treasures or people will become envious.
- get: It's very easy to get envious of someone elses ministry.
- look: The shooter thing was great fun, actually, the girls were looking quite envious in the garden late this afternoon!
Browse dictionary entries near envious
- ‹ envier
- ‹ enviable
- ‹ envenom
- ‹ envelope
- ‹ envelop
- ‹ env
- ‹ enuresis
- ‹ enure
- ‹ enunciation
- ‹ enunciate
- environ ›
- environment ›
- environmental impact statement ›
- environmental law ›
- environmentalist ›
- environs ›
- envisage ›
- envision ›
- envoi ›
- envoy ›

