invidious

Meaning

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.)

Synonyms

hateful

envious

hated

detestable

discriminatory

abusive

jealous

libelous

abominable

derogatory

abhorrent

offensive

odious

opprobrious

out-of-the-way

reviled

sacrilegious

undesirable

violative

covetous grudging

denigratory

abhominable

abhorrible

accursed

angry

😠

defamatory

execrable

green with envy

grudging

hurtful

injurious

insulting

jaundiced

obnoxious

Translations

odioso

αντιπαθής

odioso

μισητός

spiacevole

haksız

invejável

ingrat

απεχθής

φθονερός

verhasst

antipatico

ärgerlich

verabscheuenswert

scheußlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/

Etymology

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.