envy

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
2. (countable, uncountable) An object of envious notice or feeling.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Emulation; rivalry.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Public odium; ill repute.
6. (countable, uncountable) A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

Verb

1. (transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
2. (transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To have envious feelings (at).
4. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
5. (obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
6. (obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
7. (obsolete) To hate.
8. (obsolete) To emulate.

Conceptes

enveja

envejar

tenir enveja

anhelar

gelós

gelosia

ambicionar

cobejar

Sinònims

jealousy

jealous

malice

grudge

be jealous

covetousness

begrudge

spite

desire

resentment

covet

be envious

invidia

envious

admire

resent

anger

💢

enmity

enviousness

greed

be jealous of

hate

😡

be envious of

grievance

yearn

bitterness

selfishness

love

❤️

heart-burning

lust

jealousness

dislike

intolerance

jaundice

long for

longing

detest

miss

mortal sin

poison

deadly sin

be angry with

suspicion

thwart

vengeful

wish

worry

be angry

ardent wish

cardinal sin

Traduccions

invidia

Neid

envidia

envie

envier

envidiar

invidiare

beneiden

jalousie

inveja

nijd

benijden

afgunst

Eifersucht

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɛnvi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: envie

In summary

Etymology tree
Old French enviebor.
Middle English envie
English envy
From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”).
Displaced native Old English æfest.

Frases

And also by unhappiness , envy , and jealousy .