Envious EN'VIOUS, a. Feeling or harboring envy; repining or feeling uneasiness, at a view of the excellence, prosperity or happiness of another; pained by the desire of possessing some superior good which another possesses, and usually disposed to deprive him of that good, to lessen it or to depreciate it in common estimation. Sometimes followed by against, but generally and properly by at, before the person envied.
Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Prov 14.
Be not envious of the blessings or prosperity of others.
1. Tinctured with envy; as an envious disposition.
2. Excited or directed by envy; as an envious attack.

envious adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" [syn: covetous, envious, jealous]

envious veinous niveous

envious adjective Date: 13th century 1. feeling or showing envy <envious of their neighbor's new car> <envious looks> 2. archaic a. emulous b. enviable • enviously adverb • enviousness noun

envious
adj. (often foll. by of) feeling or showing envy.
Derivatives:
enviously adv.
Etymology: ME f. AF envious, OF envieus f. envie ENVY

envious If you are envious of someone, you want something that they have. I don't think I'm envious of your success... Do I sound envious? I pity them, actually. ...envious thoughts. ADJ: oft ADJ of n • enviously 'You haven't changed,' I am often enviously told. ADV: ADV with v

envious ˈenvɪəs adj. (often foll. by of) feeling or showing envy. øøenviously adv. [ME f. AF envious, OF envieus f. envie ENVY]

Envious \En"vi*ous\, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.] 1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. --Shak. 2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues. My soul is envious of mine eye. --Keble. Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv. 19. 3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic] He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser. 4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.] No men are so envious of their health. --Jer. Taylor. -- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n.

envious a. 1. Jealous, disposed to envy. 2. Grudging.

envious ˈenvɪəs adj. jealous, covetous, resentful, begrudging, green-eyed, green (with envy), desirous: He is envious of his wife because she has a better job.

66 Moby Thesaurus words for "envious": beefing, begrudging, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, coveting, covetous, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, desirous, desirous of, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, distrustful, envying, faultfinding, grasping, greedy, green, green with envy, green with jealousy, green-eyed, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grudging, grumbling, horn-mad, invidious, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced, jealous, longing, malcontent, malcontented, murmuring, muttering, out of humor, peevish, petulant, querulant, querulous, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, sulky, suspicious, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, whiny, yearning, yellow, yellow-eyed

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