"envious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛnviːəs/ Audio: En-uk-envious.ogg [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-envious.wav [US] Forms: more envious [comparative], most envious [superlative]
enPR: ĕnʹvēəs Etymology: From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|envious}} Middle English envious, {{der|en|xno|envious}} Anglo-Norman envious, {{der|en|fro|envieus}} Old French envieus, {{m|fro|envious}} envious, {{cog|fr|envieux}} French envieux, {{der|en|la|invidiōsus}} Latin invidiōsus, {{l|en|envy}} envy, {{doublet|en|invidious}} Doublet of invidious, {{noncog|ang|æfestiġ}} Old English æfestiġ Head templates: {{en-adj}} envious (comparative more envious, superlative most envious)
  1. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (feeling or exhibiting envy): φθονερός (phthonerós) (Ancient Greek), حَسُود (ḥasūd) (Arabic), حسود (ḥasūd) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), حاسد (ḥāsed) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), غيران (ḡērān) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), նախանձոտ (naxanjot) (Armenian), նախանձ (naxanj) (Armenian), paxıl (Azerbaijani), зайздро́сны (zajzdrósny) (Belarusian), заві́сны (zavísny) (Belarusian), зави́стлив (zavístliv) (Bulgarian), envejós (Catalan), suyaon (Cebuano), 嫉妒的 (jídù de) (Chinese Mandarin), závistivý [masculine] (Czech), misundelig (Danish), jaloers (Dutch), nijdig (Dutch), kade (Estonian), øvundsjúkur (Faroese), kateellinen (Finnish), kade (Finnish), envieux (French), envexoso [masculine] (Galician), შურიანი (šuriani) (Georgian), neidisch (German), neidvoll (German), ζηλόφθονος (zilófthonos) [masculine] (Greek), ζηλιάρης (ziliáris) [masculine] (Greek), irigy (Hungarian), irigykedő (Hungarian), iri (Indonesian), éadmhar (Irish), invidioso (Italian), 嫉妬深い (shitto bukai) (alt: しっとぶかい) (Japanese), қызғаншақ (qyzğanşaq) (Kazakh), 부럽다 (bureopda) (Korean), nvidiëus (Ladin), invidus (Latin), skaudīgs (Latvian), завидлив (zavidliv) (Macedonian), haetara (Maori), envious (Middle English), envieux (Norman), misunnelig (Norwegian), envejós (Occitan), æfestiġ (Old English), حسود (hasud) (Persian), zawistny (Polish), zazdrosny (Polish), invejoso (Portuguese), invidios (Romanian), pizmaș (Romanian), зави́стливый (zavístlivyj) (Russian), ईर्षु (īrṣu) (Sanskrit), farmadach (Scottish Gaelic), surevnjiv [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), за́видан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), závidan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), závistlivý (Slovak), zavisten (Slovene), envidioso (Spanish), avundsjuk (Swedish), misundsam (Swedish), entsesse (Tocharian B), kıskanç (Turkish), за́здрісний (zázdrisnyj) (Ukrainian), зави́сний (zavýsnyj) (Ukrainian), peğil [common-gender] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-envious-en-adj-ur5tU5IZ Disambiguation of Emotions: 28 20 28 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 36 4 Disambiguation of 'feeling or exhibiting envy': 76 0 4 20
  2. Excessively careful; cautious. Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms (excessively cautious): overcautious Translations (excessively careful): ylivarovainen (Finnish), betulich [dated] (German), fürsorglich (German), receloso (Spanish), vaksam (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-envious-en-adj-tnx5B5Bs Disambiguation of Emotions: 28 20 28 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 36 4 Disambiguation of 'excessively cautious': 3 94 2 1 Disambiguation of 'excessively careful': 1 98 1 0
  3. (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (malignant; mischievous; spiteful): ilkeä (Finnish), φθονερός (fthonerós) [masculine] (Greek), envious (Middle English), zawistny (Polish), svartsjuk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-envious-en-adj-oaWvCVrt Disambiguation of Emotions: 28 20 28 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 36 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 24 51 3 Disambiguation of 'malignant; mischievous; spiteful': 2 0 97 1
  4. (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy. Tags: obsolete, poetic Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-envious-en-adj-ww0~QROq Disambiguation of Emotions: 28 20 28 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jealous

Alternative forms

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          "code": "ka",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "irigykedő"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "iri"
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          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "éadmhar"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
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          "alt": "しっとぶかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shitto bukai",
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          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qyzğanşaq",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "қызғаншақ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bureopda",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "부럽다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "lld",
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "nvidiëus"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "invidus"
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          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "skaudīgs"
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        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zavidliv",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "завидлив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "haetara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "envious"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "envieux"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "misunnelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "envejós"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "æfestiġ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hasud",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "حسود"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "zawistny"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "zazdrosny"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "word": "зави́стливый"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "īrṣu",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "ईर्षु"
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "farmadach"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
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          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "avundsjuk"
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          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "misundsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "entsesse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "kıskanç"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 4 20",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zázdrisnyj",
          "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
          "word": "за́здрісний"
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      "code": "sa",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "závidan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "závistlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "zavisten"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "envidioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "avundsjuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "misundsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "entsesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "kıskanç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zázdrisnyj",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "за́здрісний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zavýsnyj",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "word": "зави́сний"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "feeling or exhibiting envy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "peğil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessively careful",
      "word": "ylivarovainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessively careful",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "betulich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessively careful",
      "word": "fürsorglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessively careful",
      "word": "receloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "excessively careful",
      "word": "vaksam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "malignant; mischievous; spiteful",
      "word": "ilkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fthonerós",
      "sense": "malignant; mischievous; spiteful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φθονερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "malignant; mischievous; spiteful",
      "word": "envious"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "malignant; mischievous; spiteful",
      "word": "zawistny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "malignant; mischievous; spiteful",
      "word": "svartsjuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "envious"
}

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