jealous

Meaning

Adj

1. Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
2. Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
3. Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
4. Suspicious; apprehensive.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive, slang) To harass or attack (somebody) out of jealousy.
2. (transitive) To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people.

Synonyms

envious

envy

covetous

green-eyed

jealousy

resentful

overjealous

eager

be jealous

angry

😠

invidious

be disheartened

be envious

be jealous of

self-centered

selfish

guarding

impatient

intolerant

jaundiced

malicious

mistrustful

spite

spiteful

spoiled

sulky

suspicious

vigilant

wrathful

zealous

covetous grudging

jealous of

hate

😡

love

❤️

act contrary to

not enduring

ardent

attractive

avaricious

be

beautiful

begrudge

begrudging

disdainful

end

🔚

enviable

flatter

greedy

green

green with envy

Translations

jaloux

celoso

geloso

eifersüchtig

jaloers

kıskanç

ciumento

envidioso

ζηλιάρης

neidisch

envieux

gelós

jalouse

ijverzuchtig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛləs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: jelous

In summary

First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.

Sentences

Apparently jealous of Thea's influence over Eilert, Hedda hopes to come between them .