| Main Entry: | begrudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wish that someone did not have |
Synonyms: |
be jealous, be reluctant, be stingy, covet, eat one's heart out, envy, grudge, pinch, resent, stint |
| Main Entry: | covet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
Synonyms: |
aspire to, begrudge, choose, crave, desiderate, envy, fancy, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, want, wish for, yearn for, yen for |
Antonyms: |
abjure, be generous, give, not want |
| Main Entry: | deny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, renounce, decline |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, call on, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, enjoin from, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, keep back, negate, negative, not buy, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, say no to, spurn, taboo, take exception to, turn down, turn thumbs down, veto, withhold |
| Notes: | deny means to declare untrue or refuse to accept or believe or to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; refute means to prove to be false, wrong, or incorrect |
Antonyms: |
accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, go along, grant |
| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be jealous of another |
Synonyms: |
be envious, begrudge, covet, crave, desire, die over, eat one's heart out, grudge, hanker, have hard feelings, hunger, long, lust, object to, resent, thirst, turn green, want, yearn |
Antonyms: |
be confident, be content |
| Main Entry: | grudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel resentful; give unwillingly |
Synonyms: |
be reluctant, be stingy, begrudge, complain, covet, deny, envy, hold back, mind, pinch, refuse, resent, stint |
Antonyms: |
favor, forgive |
| Main Entry: | resent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry about |
Synonyms: |
be in a huff, be insulted, be offended by, be put off by, be rubbed wrong way, be vexed, bear a grudge, begrudge, dislike, feel bitter, feel sore, frown at, get nose out of joint, grudge, harbor a grudge, have hard feelings, object to, take amiss, take as an insult, take exception, take offense, take umbrage |
Antonyms: |
be happy, like, love |
| Main Entry: | spite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offend, hurt |
Synonyms: |
annoy, begrudge, beset, crab, cramp style, discomfit, gall, get even, grudge, hang up, harass, harm, injure, louse up, needle, nettle, persecute, pique, provoke, put out, upset the apple cart, vex |
Antonyms: |
forgive, help, love, please |
| Main Entry: | stint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize; hold back |
Synonyms: |
be frugal, be parsimonious, be sparing, be stingy, begrudge, confine, cut corners, define, go easy on, grudge, limit, make ends meet, penny-pinch, pinch, restrain, roll back, save, save for rainy day, scrape, scrimp, skimp on, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, tighten belt, withhold |
Antonyms: |
spend |
| Concept: | Envy. |
| Category: | 2. Retrospective sympathetic affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
envy; enviousness; rivalry; jalousie de milier; illwill, spite.
-verbs
envy, covet, burst with envy.
-adjectives
envious, invidious, covetous; alieni appetens.
-phrases
"base envy withers at another's joy" [Thomson]; caeca invidia est [Livy]; multa petentibus desunt multa [Horace]; summa petit livor [Ovid].
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