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| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, attentive, covetous, demanding, doubting, envious, grasping, green-eyed, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, possessive, protective, questioning, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous, begrudging, emulous, envying, grabby, grudging, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, resentful |
| Notes: | jealous means envious or fearful of being replaced by a rival; zealous means marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
| Antonyms: | confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
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| Main Entry: | covetous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy; very desirous |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, avid, eager, envious, gluttonous, grasping, green-eyed*, itchy*, jealous, keen, mercenary, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, voracious, yearning, close-fisted, ensurient, grabby, grudging, hogging, piggish, prehensile, swinish |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, generous, giving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissatisfied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontented, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bothered, complaining, crabby*, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, envious, faultfinding, fretful, frustrated, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, jaundiced, jealous, malcontent, offended, picky, plaintive, querulous, sulky, sullen, unsatisfied, begrudging, ennuied, fed-up, fretting, griping, grudging, irked, kvetching, malcontented, not satisfied, put-out, sniveling, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, vexed |
| Antonyms: | contented, fulfilled, happy, pleased, satisfied, gratified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distrustful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving |
| Synonyms: | cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fearful, jealous, leery, skeptical, suspicious, uneasy, uptight, wary, been hit before, mistrustful |
| Antonyms: | assured, believing, certain, faithful, trusting, unsuspecting, trustful |
| Main Entry: | invidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
| Synonyms: | abominable, defamatory, detestable, discriminatory, envious, green-eyed*, jealous, libelous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, calumnious, detracting, detractive, detractory, envying, maligning, vilifying |
| Antonyms: | delightful, lovable, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaundiced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tainted, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, bitter, colored, cynical, distorted, envious, hostile, intolerant, jealous, one-sided, opprobrious, partial, partisan, prepossessed, skeptical, spiteful, suspicious, unfair, unfriendly, yellow, disapproving, grudging, preconceived, resentful, tendentious, unindifferent, warped |
| Antonyms: | clean, fresh, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | malicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
| Synonyms: | awful, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty*, deleterious, detrimental, envious, evil, evil-minded, green*, green-eyed*, gross*, injurious, jealous, low, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, mischievous, nasty, noxious, ornery, pernicious, petty, poisonous, spiteful, vengeful, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked, bad-natured, cussed, despiteful, ill-disposed, rancorous, resentful, uncool |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, friendly, good, kind, sympathetic, thoughtful, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guarding, securing |
| Synonyms: | careful, conservative, covering, defensive, emergency, guardian, jealous, possessive, preservative, vigilant, warm, watchful, conservational, custodial, insulating, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding |
| Antonyms: | harmful, hurtful, injurious, threatening, attacking |
| Main Entry: | viperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | malicious, venomous |
| Synonyms: | baleful, bitter, evil, evil-minded, green-eyed*, jealous, malevolent, mean, nasty, ornery, poisonous, spiteful, vengeful, vicious, vindictive, wicked, bad-natured, rancorous, resentful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distrustful |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive, cagey, careful, cautious, doubtful, green-eyed*, incredulous, jealous, leery, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, unbelieving, uptight*, wary, watchful, wondering, in doubt, mistrustful, not born yesterday on the lookout*, suspecting, without belief, without faith |
| Antonyms: | innocent, trustworthy, trusty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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