envious

[ en-vee-uhs ]
/ ˈɛn vi əs /
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adjective

full of, feeling, or expressing envy: envious of a person's success; an envious attack.
Archaic.
  1. emulous.
  2. enviable.

Origin of envious

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French envieus < Latin invidiōsus invidious

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Words related to envious

distrustful, watchful, suspicious, greedy, aspiring, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, grasping, green-eyed, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, malicious, spiteful, wishful, yearning, fain, umbrageous

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British Dictionary definitions for envious

envious
/ (ˈɛnvɪəs) /

adjective

feeling, showing, or resulting from envy

Derived forms of envious

enviously, adverb enviousness, noun

Word Origin for envious

C13: from Anglo-Norman, ultimately from Latin invidiōsus full of envy, invidious; see envy