noun pl. envies -·vies

1. a feeling of discontent and ill will because of another's advantages, possessions, etc.; resentful dislike of another who has something that one desires
2. desire for some advantage, quality, etc. that another has
3. an object of envious feeling
4. Obsolete ill will; spite

Etymology: ME & OFr envie < L invidia < invidus, having hatred or ill will < invidere, to look askance at < in-, in, upon + videre, to look: see wise

transitive verb envied -·vied, envying -·vy·ing

intransitive verb