| NOUN | feeling | envy, enviousness | a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another |
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| act | envy, invidia | spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) | |
| VERB | emotion | envy | feel envious towards |
| emotion | envy, begrudge | be envious of |
| Sounds | eh'nviy | |
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| Rhymes | anchovy ... wavy: 30 rhymes with viy... | |
| Meaning | A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another. | |
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| Synonym | enviousness | |
| Narrower | covetousness | An envious eagerness to possess something |
| jealousy, green-eyed monster | A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) | |
| penis envy | (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis | |
| Broader | resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour | A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
| Spanish | envidia | |
| Catalan | enveja | |
| Verbs | envy | be envious of |
| envy | feel envious towards | |
| Meaning | spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins). | |
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| Synonym | invidia | |
| Broader | mortal sin, deadly sin | An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace |
| Spanish | envidia, invidia | |
| Catalan | enveja, invidia | |
| Adjectives | envious | showing extreme / extreme cupidity |
| Verbs | envy | be envious of |
| Meaning | Feel envious towards; admire / admire enviously. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something | |
| Model | Sam cannot envy Sue | |
| Broader | admire, look up to | Feel admiration for |
| Spanish | envidiar | |
| Catalan | envejar | |
| Nouns | envy | a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another |
| Meaning | Be envious of; set one's heart on. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | begrudge | |
| Narrower | covet | wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) |
| Broader | desire, want | Feel or have a desire for |
| Spanish | envidiar | |
| Catalan | ambicionar, anhelar, cobejar, envejar | |
| Nouns | envy | spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| envy | a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another | |
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