envy
IPA: ˈɛnvi
noun
- Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
- An object of envious notice or feeling.
- (obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1:
- (obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
- (obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
verb
- (transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
- (transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
- (obsolete, intransitive) To have envious feelings (at).
- (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
- (obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
- (obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
- (obsolete) To hate.
- (obsolete) To emulate.
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