Invidious

3 definitions found

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

  Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
     See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.]
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     1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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     2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
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              Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
              invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
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     3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to
        provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as,
        invidious distinctions.
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              Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
              preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
                                                    --Broome.
        -- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n.
        Invigilance

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  invidious
       adj : containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
             "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious
             comparisons" [syn: {discriminatory}]

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

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "invidious":
     abhorrent, abominable, baleful, begrudging, bitchy, bitter,
     calumnious, covetous, cussed, defamatory, desirous of, detestable,
     detracting, detractory, distrustful, envious, envying, green,
     green with envy, green with jealousy, green-eyed, grudging,
     harmful, hateful, horn-mad, iniquitous, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced,
     jealous, malefic, maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant,
     maligning, mean, nasty, noxious, obnoxious, odious, ornery,
     repellent, revulsive, scandalous, slanderous, suspicious,
     vilifying, wicked, yellow, yellow-eyed