Envious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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              Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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              My soul is envious of mine eye.       --Keble.
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              Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv.
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     3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
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              He to him leapt, and that same envious gage
              Of victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.
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     4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
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              No men are so envious of their health. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
        -- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  envious
       adj : 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},
              {jealous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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