ˈenvēəs, -viəs adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French envieus, envious, from Latin invidiosus, from invidia envy + -osis -ous — more at envy
1. : characterized by, exhibiting, or reflecting envy : feeling or motivated by envy : maliciously covetous or resentful of the possessions or good fortune of another
tried to look disappointed and angry but … only succeeded in looking envious — Hervey Allen
the sterile and envious principle of artificial equality — Time
examining the tire with envious appreciation — M.M.Musselman
2. archaic
a. : emulous
b. : enviable
theirs was an envious gift, but lightly held — Thomas Cole
Synonyms:
jealous: envious is likely to suggest a grudging of another's possessions and accomplishments, a spiteful desiring of their loss, or, most frequently, a malicious or cankerous coveting of them
his successes were so repeated that no wonder the envious and the vanquished spoke sometimes with bitterness regarding them — W.M.Thackeray
jealous may suggest distrustful, suspicious, angry, or malcontent intolerance of the notion of anyone else's coming to possess what is viewed as belonging to or befitting oneself
France, jealous as it was of his greatness and covetous of his Gascon possessions, he could hold at bay — J.R.Green
I know that religion, science, and art are all jealous of each other because each of them claims, in a sense, to cover the whole field, that is, to interpret all experience from its own point of view — W.R.Inge
It may be used without derogation to indicate cherishing and vigilantly guarding or maintaining
proud of their calling, conscious of their duty, and jealous of their honor — John Galsworthy