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Meaning of 'envy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Envy [ n.]
- Malice; ill will; spite.
- Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar.
- Emulation; rivalry.
- Public odium; ill repute.
- An object of envious notice or feeling.
2 . Envy [ v. i.]
- To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
- To show malice or ill will; to rail.
3 . Envy [ v. t.]
- To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.
- To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
- To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
- To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
- To hate.
- To emulate.

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