envy

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Malice; ill will; spite.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3noun

   Emulation; rivalry.

4. 4noun

   Public odium; ill repute.

5. 5noun

   An object of envious notice or feeling.

6. 6transitive verb

   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.

7. 7transitive verb

   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.

8. 8transitive verb

   To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

9. 9transitive verb

   To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.

10. 10transitive verb

    To hate.

11. 11transitive verb

    To emulate.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To show malice or ill will; to rail.

14. 14noun

    spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

    Synonyms

    invidia
15. 15noun

    a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

    Synonyms

    enviousness
16. 16verb

    be envious of; set one's heart on

    Synonyms

    begrudge
17. 17verb

    feel envious towards; admire enviously