envies - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jealousy |
| Synonyms: | backbiting, covetousness, evil eye*, green-eyed monster*, grudge, hatred, heartburn, ill will, malevolence, malice, opposition, prejudice, resentment, rivalry, spite, coveting, enviousness, grudging, grudgingness, invidiousness, jaundiced eye, lusting, maliciousness, malignity, resentfulness |
| Notes: | jealousy is reflective of a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person, whereas envy expresses a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person's advantages or accomplishments; jealousy pertains to emotional rivalry while envy is resentment of a more fortunate person |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence, good will, kindness, pleasure, contentedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | begrudge, choose, crave, envy, fancy, want, wish for, aspire to, desiderate, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, give, be generous, not want |
| Main Entry: | discontent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissatisfaction |
| Synonyms: | depression, displeasure, envy, regret, restlessness, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, discontentment, fretfulness |
| Antonyms: | easiness, happiness, patience, pleasure, satisfaction, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontent, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, frustration, heartburn, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, malcontent, oppression, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, fretfulness, hopelessness, lamentation, malcontentment, querulousness |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | grudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel resentful; give unwillingly |
| Synonyms: | begrudge, complain, covet, deny, envy, hold back, mind, pinch, refuse, resent, stint, be reluctant, be stingy |
| Antonyms: | favor, forgive |
| Main Entry: | hatred |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe dislike |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienation, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, contempt, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, displeasure, distaste, enmity, envy, execration, grudge, hard feelings, hate, horror, hostility, ignominy, ill will, loathing, malevolence, malice, odium, pique, prejudice, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, spleen, venom, allergy to, coldness, invidiousness, malignance, militancy, no use for |
| Antonyms: | like, liking, love, loving |
| Main Entry: | ill will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitter feeling |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bad blood, bitterness, blame, despite, dislike, enmity, envy, feud, grudge, hard feelings, hate, hatred, hostility, malevolence, malice, objection, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, venom, bad will, hatred; hard feelings, maliciousness, no love lost, no love lost, spitefulness, unfriendliness |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, friendship, good will, liking, loving, good feelings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal or immoral action |
| Synonyms: | anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, fault, guilt, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccadillo, pride, shortcoming, sloth, transgression, trespass, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, evil-doing, gluttony, immorality, peccability, peccancy, sinfulness, tort, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, wrongness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, goodness, morality |
| Main Entry: | wish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | aspire, beg, choose, command, covet, crave, desiderate, elect, entreat, envy, expect, fancy, hanker*, hope, hunger, invoke, itch, like, long, look forward to, need, order, please, pray for, prefer, request, set one's heart on, sigh for, solicit, spoil for, thirst, want, will, yearn, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | green-eyed monster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jealousy |
| Synonyms: | envy, green in the eye, jaundiced eye |
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