Definition of envy

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Envy (v. t.) To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

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Evil-eyed :: Evil-eyed (a.) Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious..
Envy :: Envy (n.) Public odium; ill repute.
Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
Askant :: Askant (adv.) Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion..
Envious :: Envious (a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues..
Envy :: Envy (n.) An object of envious notice or feeling.
Invidious :: Invidious (a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions..
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To hate.
Envy :: Envy (n.) Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar..
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it..
Enviable :: Enviable (a.) Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
Envy :: Envy (n.) Malice; ill will; spite.
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
Envy :: Envy (v. i.) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..
Envy :: Envy (n.) Emulation; rivalry.
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
Envying :: Envying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Env.
Begrudge :: Begrudge (v. t.) To grudge; to envy the possession of.
Envyned :: Envyned (a.) Stored or furnished with wine.
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