Dictionary Entry
jealous
jealous is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
- 2adjective
Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
- 3adjective
Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
- 4adjective
Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.
- 5adjective
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
"he was never covetous before he met her"
"jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"
- 6adjective
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
"a jealous lover"
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