envious
adjective/ˈenviəs/
/ˈenviəs/
- envious (of somebody/something) wanting to be in the same situation as somebody else; wanting something that somebody else has
- Everyone is so envious of her.
- They were envious of his success.
- He saw the envious look in the other boy's eyes.
Extra Examples- He had always felt envious of his brother.
- She tried not to appear envious.
- Everyone is so envious of her having the chance to study abroad.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- of
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French envieus, from envie ‘envy’, on the pattern of Latin invidiosus ‘invidious’.Definitions on the go
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