| Main Entry: | covetous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy; very desirous |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-fisted, eager, ensurient, envious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, hogging, itchy, jealous, keen, mercenary, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, swinish, voracious, yearning |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, generous, giving |
| Main Entry: | envious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jealous, resentful |
Synonyms: |
appetent, aspiring, begrudging, coveting, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, fain, grasping, greedy, green with envy, green-eyed, grudging, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, longing for, malicious, spiteful, suspicious, umbrageous, watchful, wishful, yearning |
Antonyms: |
comfortable, confident, content, kind, pleased, unenvious |
| Main Entry: | invidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
Synonyms: |
abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed, jealous, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, vilifying |
| Notes: | insidious (Latin insidere 'to lie in wait for,' from sedere 'sit') describes stealthy, treacherous behavior; invidious behavior arouses ill will, animosity, or hostility |
Antonyms: |
delightful, likeable, lovable |
| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
Synonyms: |
anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envious, envying, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessive, possessory, protective, questioning, resentful, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous |
Antonyms: |
confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
| Main Entry: | malicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
Synonyms: |
awful, bad-natured, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty, cussed, deleterious, despiteful, detrimental, envious, evil, evil-minded, green*, green-eyed, gross*, ill-disposed, injurious, jealous, low, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, mischievous, nasty, noxious, ornery, pernicious, petty, poisonous, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, uncool, vengeful, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, friendly, good, kind, likeable, sympathetic, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | suspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distrustful |
Synonyms: |
apprehensive, cagey, careful, cautious, doubtful, green-eyed, in doubt, incredulous, jealous, leery, mistrustful, not born yesterday on the lookout, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, suspecting, unbelieving, uptight*, wary, watchful, without belief, without faith, wondering |
Antonyms: |
innocent, trustworthy, trusty |
| Main Entry: | viperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | malicious, venomous |
Synonyms: |
bad-natured, baleful, bitter, evil, evil-minded, green-eyed, jealous, malevolent, mean, nasty, ornery, poisonous, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, vengeful, vicious, vindictive, wicked |
| Main Entry: | green-eyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous |
Synonyms: |
envious, jealous |