jealous

IPA: dʒˈɛɫʌs

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To harass or attack (somebody) out of jealousy.
(transitive, Australian Aboriginal) To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people.

Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
Suspecting, suspicious.

Examples of "jealous" in Sentences

I think most people are just plain jealous of the Palins.
I spent most of April writing what I call a jealous novel.
The first meaning of the word jealous is "watchful or solicitous."
Mr. Steele, if I didn't know better, I would be suspicious that you are just plain jealous of Pres.
He and Anna became “lace curtain Irish,” the term the jealous “shanty Irish” of First Ward used for families that moved up and out.
A judge today sentenced an Altamonte Springs man to life in prison for shooting his wife to death in what he described as a jealous rage.
Paul, the idea that women get a little sick of male-dominated TOCS (and that POC get a little sick of white-dominated TOCS) because they are jealous is kinda old.