envy

Meaning

Noun

1. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
2. An object of envious notice or feeling.
3. (obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
4. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1
5. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1:
   But let me tell the World,
   If he out-liue the enuie of this day,
   England did neuer owe so sweet a hope,
   So much misconstrued in his Wantonnesse.
6. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1:
   But let me tell the World,
   If he out-liue the enuie of this day,
   England did neuer owe so sweet a hope,
   So much misconstrued in his Wantonnesse.
7. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1:
   But let me tell the World,
   If he out-liue the enuie of this day,
   England did neuer owe so sweet a hope,
   So much misconstrued in his Wantonnesse.
8. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1:
   But let me tell the World,
   If he out-liue the enuie of this day,
   England did neuer owe so sweet a hope,
   So much misconstrued in his Wantonnesse.
9. (obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
10. (obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
11. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

Verb

1. To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
2. To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
3. (obsolete) To have envious feelings (at).
4. (obsolete) 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.

Concepts

envy

jealousy

jealous

malice

grudge

be jealous

covetousness

begrudge

spite

covet

desire

resentment

be envious

invidia

envious

admire

be envious of

be jealous of

resent

anger

enviousness

greed

hate

enmity

intolerance

dislike

yearn

jaundice

heart-burning

love

selfishness

grievance

jealousness

bitterness

lust

suspicion

evil

be green-eyed

impatience

be angry

bear malice against

disfavour

estrangement

desire for

long for

wish

ardent wish

eager desire

longing

vengeful

like

ill will

heartburning

arrogance

self-centeredness

detest

miss

worry

harm

envying

hanker after

have one’s eyes on

poison

thwart

hatred

disgust

gall

green-eyed monster

cardinal sin

deadly sin

gluttony

mortal sin

wish for

be angry with

hinder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛnvi/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

And also by unhappiness , envy , and jealousy .