What is the meaning of ENVY. Phrases containing ENVY
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a.
Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
n.
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
a.
Stored or furnished with wine.
v. t.
To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.
a.
Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
v. t.
To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
v. i.
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
v. t.
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
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To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
v. t.
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.
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.
v. t.
To hate.
v. i.
To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
v. t.
To emulate.
v. i.
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
a.
Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious.
n.
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.
n.
Hatred; fury; envy.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Envy
v. i.
To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.
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