| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jealousy |
Synonyms: |
backbiting, coveting, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye, green-eyed monster, grudge, grudging, grudgingness, hatred, heartburn, ill will, invidiousness, jaundiced eye, lusting, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, opposition, prejudice, resentfulness, resentment, rivalry, spite |
| 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, contentedness, good will, kindness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | jealousy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | envy |
Synonyms: |
backbiting, begrudging, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye, green-eyed monster, grudge, grudgingness, jaundiced eye, resentfulness, resentment, spite |
| Main Entry: | green-eyed monster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jealousy |
Synonyms: |
envy, green in the eye, jaundiced eye |
| Main Entry: | enviousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | envy |
Synonyms: |
jealousy, resentfulness, resentment, the green-eyed monster |
| Concept: | Jealousy. |
| Category: | 2. Retrospective sympathetic affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
jealousy, jealousness; jaundiced eye; envious suspicion, suspicion; "green-eyed monster" [Othello]; yellows; Juno.
-verbs
be jealous; view with jealousy, view with a jealous eye.
-adjectives
jealous, jealous as a barbary pigeon; jaundiced, yellow-eyed, envious, hornmad.
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| 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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