invidious
Significado (Inglés)
- Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
- Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
- (obsolete) Envious, jealous.
- 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.)
Conceptos
Sinónimos
covetous grudging
abhominable
abhorrible
Traducciones
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/
Etimología (Inglés)
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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