Envious

What do we mean by envious?

Feeling, expressing, or characterized by envy. adjective

Feeling or disposed to feel envy.

Tinctured with envy; manifesting or expressing envy: as, an envious disposition; an envious attack; an envious tongue.

Calculated to inspire envy; enviable.

Jealous; watchful; exceedingly careful.

Synonyms See invidious.

Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. adjective

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 adjective

Inspiring envy. adjective

Excessively careful; cautious. adjective

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging adjective

Excessively careful; cautious. adjective

Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. adjective

Inspiring envy. adjective

Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages adjective

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging

Excessively careful; cautious.

Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

Inspiring envy.

Words that are spelled similarly to envious:
envious, invious.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word envious:
envy, resentful, jealous, quarrel, erica, prosperity, happiness, caste, neighbors, wealth, steal, witch, feelings, wants, devil, realize, anger, beauty, abilities, rival, skill, lifestyle, asks, angry, sultan, clothes, eyes, looks, loved, achievements, happy, perry, gods, colleagues, anyone, believes, rivals, herself, murdered, alice, robinson, carl, sister, teach, reputation, success, attention, desire, beautiful, destroy, everything, popularity, seek, sees, false, attempts, sought, relationship, accused, attacked, friends, ready, makes, khan, opportunity, love, respect, seems.

Words that rhyme with envious:
envy us.

Adjectives that are often used to describe envious:
little, least, much, valiant, minded, tiny, plain, gaudy, mighty, incurable, fairest, rival, litde, covetous, penitent, italian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective envious:
eyes, man, eye, people, person, glances, men, admiration, feelings, tongues, rivals, persons, disposition, spirit, heart, glance, thoughts, hatred, court, world, looks, enemies, ones, neighbors, casca, look, nature, feeling, friends, attacks, neighbours, death, desire, woman, rival, rivalry, fate, sisters, malice, colleagues, brothers, sigh, women, mind, malignity, detractors, thought, rage, gods, competitors, jealousy, temper, courtiers, critics, moon, gaze, uprisings, attack, shade, streaks, spirits, cloud, one, neighbor, hate, criticism, brother, foes, spite, clouds, fellow, sliver, fortune, resentment, passions, crowd, stares, curiosity, neighbour, minds, tone, hearts, brethren, tongue, mother, wonder, veil, souls, enemy, hostility, individuals, contemporaries, siege.

Consonant match to envious:
invious, envy us.

Words that sound like envious:
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