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Meaning of 'envious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Envious [ a.]
- Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
- 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.
- Inspiring envy.
- Excessively careful; cautious.

Meaning of 'envious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . envious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Example in sentence:
  • envious of their art collection;
  • he was never covetous before he met her;
  • jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions

Nearby Words:

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