ENVY

Envy

Envy is a resentment which "occurs when someone lacks another's quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the other lacked it."

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envy

Noun

  1. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
  2. An object of envious notice or feeling.
  3. Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
  4. Emulation; rivalry.
  5. Public odium; ill repute.

Verb

  1. To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
  2. To have envious feelings (at).
    Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? — Jeremy Taylor.
  3. To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
  4. To show malice or ill will; to rail.
    He has envied against the people. — Shakespeare.
  5. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
  6. To hate.
  7. To emulate.


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