ENVIOUS


Meaning of ENVIOUS in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I see people who have opportunities I don't have, and I get envious .

Lewis was envious of Forney's success.

She looks good, and enjoys the envious stares of other women.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

My feet were the embarrassing target of envious gazes.

One of the fantasies of the envious is that the other has everything.

People will become more envious , more mistrustful, more vindictive.

Their ideas gain plausibility amongst the idle, the envious and the unlettered.

They were in this life to make other people feel envious .

We are envious of others who have power because they represent a threat.

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