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   envy

   /ˈɛnvi/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck: "she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board" Similar jealousyenviousnesscovetousnessdesireresentmentresentfulnessbitternessdiscontentspitethe green-eyed monsterOpposite generosity
   • ▪ a person or thing that inspires envy: "France has a film industry that is the envy of Europe" Similar object/source of envybestfinestpridetopcreampickchoiceeliteprizejeweljewel in the crownflowerparagonleading lightglorythe crème de la crèmeOpposite shamedregs

   verb

   • 1. desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else): "he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends" Similar be envious ofbe jealous ofbegrudgegrudgebe resentful ofOpposite be glad for
   • ▪ desire for oneself (something belonging to another): "a lifestyle which most of us would envy" Similar covetbe covetous ofdesireaspire towish forwantlong foryearn forhanker after/forbe consumed with desire forcravehave one's heart set oninformal:have the hots for

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. envier noun

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