Envy

  • 11Envy — En vy, v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; used especially with at. [1913 Webster] Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To show malice or ill… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12envy — [n] jealousy backbiting, coveting, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye*, green eyed monster*, grudge, grudging, grudgingness, hatred, heartburn, ill will, invidiousness, jaundiced eye*, lusting, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 13Envy — • Taken to be synonymous with jealousy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 14envy — index resentment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 15envy — vb *covet, grudge, begrudge Analogous words: *long, pine, hanker, yearn …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 16Envy VD — Romainmôtier Envy Basisdaten Kanton: Waadt Bezirk: Jura Nord vaudois …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 17envy — I n. 1) to arouse, stir up envy of 2) to feel envy 3) to show envy 4) out of envy (he did it out of envy) 5) envy at 6) (misc.) an object of envy; consumed/green with envy II v. (O) they envy us our new house * * * [ envɪ] consumed/green with… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 18envy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme ▪ unconscious ▪ class, social ▪ penis ▪ the Freudian concept of penis envy …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19envy — en|vy1 [ˈenvi] v past tense and past participle envied present participle envying third person singular envies [T] 1.) to wish that you had someone else s possessions, abilities etc ▪ I really envy you and Ian, you seem so happy together. ▪ She… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20envy — 01. I really [envy] my children because they are being raised to speak both English and French. 02. Russia s natural resources are the [envy] of many countries around the globe. 03. It s hard not to [envy] people who seem to have so much natural… …

    Grammatical examples in English