Invidious Definition

ĭn-vĭdē-əs
adjective
Such as to excite ill will, odium, or envy; giving offense.
Webster's New World
Offensive and unfair.
Invidious distinctions.
American Heritage
Giving offense by discriminating unfairly.
Invidious comparisons.
Webster's New World
Envious.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Invidious

  • Latin invidiōsus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) + videō (“I see”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin invidiōsus envious, hostile from invidia envy envy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Invidious Sentence Examples

  • All invidious class distinctions were done away with.

  • Here are no reproaches, no base and sly insinuations, none of those invidious reflections with which controversies are usually managed.

  • It is however invidious to have different funding mechanisms applying to young people's learning opportunities.

  • Naming names within a short exercise in reminiscence like this is always invidious, but there are two names which must not go unrecorded.

  • It is perhaps invidious to criticize such an ambitious and fundamentally valuable undertaking as this on these grounds.

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