ENVY


Meaning of ENVY in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ extreme

▪ unconscious

▪ class , social

▪ penis

the Freudian concept of penis ~

… OF ENVY

▪ tinge , touch

I detected a tinge of ~ in her tone.

▪ pang , stab , twinge

I felt a twinge of ~ for the people who lived there.

VERB + ENVY

▪ be consumed with , be green with , feel , have

I had no ~ of his success.

▪ express , show

▪ arouse , excite , fill sb with , inspire

Her youth and looks aroused extreme ~ in her rivals.

PREPOSITION

▪ with ~

I look with ~ on those lucky people with big families.

▪ ~ at

I was filled with ~ at their adventurous lifestyle.

▪ ~ for

the ~ she felt for her sister

PHRASES

▪ be the ~ of sb/sth

British television is the ~ of the world (= is admired by everyone) .

▪ an object of ~

Her car was an object of ~ among her friends.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ greatly , really

▪ secretly

▪ almost

PREPOSITION

▪ for

I secretly envied her for her good looks.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .