envious

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
2. Excessively careful; cautious.
3. (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
4. (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.

Sinonieme

jealous

covetous

malicious

greedy

spiteful

envy

invidious

hot-tempered

cruel

detracting

hothead

easily angered

suspicious

evil

grasping

green

green-eyed

green with envy

grudging

guarding

hard

hostile

impatient

inimical

intolerant

jaundiced

lustful

resentful

resentment

rival

unfriendly

wrathful

zealous

covetous grudging

hate

😡

angry

😠

not enduring

bad

👎

begrudge

calumnious

cankered

covet

desirous

discontented

disdainful

eager

emulous

enthusiastic

enviable

Vertalings

envieux

envidioso

invidioso

neidisch

invejoso

afgunstig

ijverzuchtig

jaloers

jaloux

ζηλιάρης

kıskanç

geloso

φθονερός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛnviːəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: envious

Verwante met Frans: envieux

In summary

From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.