invidious

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
  2. Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
  3. (obsolete) Envious, jealous.
  4. Detestable, hateful, or odious. (Often used in cases of perceived unfairness, or when facing a difficult situation or choice — especially in the phrase invidious position.)

Übersetzungen

αντιπαθής

μισητός

απεχθής

φθονερός

ζηλιάρησ

ζηλευτός

σιχαμερός

επαχθής

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Latin invidiōsus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) + videō (“I see”); the meaning developed from “look back at” to “look askance at” to “envy.” Doublet of envious, from Old French.

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