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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

jealous, feeling or expressing envy;

e.g. She gazed enviously at his new coat as she put on her own old one.

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Similar Words

Controlling

Covetous

Grudging

Invidious

Jaundiced

Jealous

Resentful

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Opposite Words

Altruistic

Benevolent

Bounteous

Bountiful

Charitable

Free

Fulsome

Generous

Kind

Kindhearted

Liberal

Munificent

Open

Openhanded

Unselfish

Unsparing

Unstinting

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Related Words

Avaricious

Begrudging

Belittling

Bitchy

Catty

Cheap

Chintzy

Close

Contemptuous

Cruel

Demeaning

Deprecatory

Derisory

Derogatory

Despiteful

Disdainful

Disparaging

Distrustful

Grasping

Greedy

Grudging

Hateful

Jealous

Malevolent

Malicious

Malign

Malignant

Mean

Mingy

Miserly

Niggard

Niggardly

Parsimonious

Pejorative

Penny

Penurious

Petty

Possessive

Rapacious

Scornful

Slighting

Spare

Sparing

Spiteful

Stingy

Suspicious

Tight

Tightfisted

Uncharitable

Uncomplimentary

Ungenerous

Vicious

Virulent

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Phrases

• green with envy

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