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Envious   /ˈɛnviəs/   Listen
Envious

adjective
1.
Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.  Synonyms: covetous, jealous.  "Jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions" , "Envious of their art collection"



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"Envious" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pitholaus (his son's tutor), 'We have only one doctor, and that an honest one,' and went on to describe me as the first of physicians and the only philosopher, for he had tried many before who were not only lovers of money, but also contentious, ambitious, envious, and malignant."(7) ...
— A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

... he could make his table pay if he had some flowers to set it off. But that was not all; he was envious of others' success. The fair had been characterized by the usual amount of "human nature" displayed on such occasions, and Pip now exhibited his peculiarities. For ten cents he bought a few white flowers at a hot-house, and then thought he would get ahead of the boys and be at the barn ...
— The Knights of the White Shield - Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play • Edward A. Rand

... unnatural son of a she-camel! (To Apollodorus) My boat, sir, hath often carried five men. Shall it not carry your lordship and a bale of pigeons' eggs? (To the porter) Thou mangey dromedary, the gods shall punish thee for this envious wickedness. ...
— Caesar and Cleopatra • George Bernard Shaw

... Bigley; and away he went again, the weight drawing him down so rapidly that I felt a little envious, and as if I should like to ...
— Devon Boys - A Tale of the North Shore • George Manville Fenn

... will let me make all England envious of me, won't you? I never did you any harm, and I do want to have a hero in ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker


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