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Envy

//ˈɛnvi// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). countable, uncountable

    "No bliss enjoyed by us excites his envy more."

  2. 2
    spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) wordnet
  3. 3
    An object of envious notice or feeling. countable, uncountable

    "This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world[.]"

  4. 4
    a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another wordnet
  5. 5
    Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Syre said laūcelot vnto Arthur by this crye that ye haue made ye wyll put vs that ben aboute yow in grete Ieopardy for there be many Knyghtes that haue grete enuye to vs therfore whan we shal mete at the daye of Iustes there wille be hard skyfte amonge vs"

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  1. 6
    Emulation; rivalry. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "c. 1631-1636, John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy."

  2. 7
    Public odium; ill repute. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "to lay the envy of the war upon Cicero"

  3. 8
    A red-skinned variety of eating apple. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. transitive

    "Moon and Kim took a cable car together to Heaven Lake, a caldera at the top of the mountain, and walked around the area with their wives and officials from both sides. Pictures showed Moon and Kim smiling and posing with their wives, and Moon filling a bottle with water from the lake. “The Chinese envy us because they can’t go down to the lake from their side but we can,” Kim said. “We should write another chapter of history between the North and the South by reflecting our new history on this Heaven Lake.”"

  2. 2
    be envious of; set one's heart on wordnet
  3. 3
    To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks). transitive
  4. 4
    feel envious towards; admire enviously wordnet
  5. 5
    To have envious feelings (at). intransitive, obsolete

    "I do not envy at their wealth, titles, offices;[…]let me live quiet and at ease."

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  1. 6
    To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge. obsolete, transitive

    "But that sweet Cordiall, which can restore A loue-sick hart, she did to him enuy[…]."

  2. 7
    To show malice or ill will; to rail. obsolete

    "He has[…]envied against the people."

  3. 8
    To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. obsolete

    "If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall."

  4. 9
    To hate. obsolete

    "Both jealous of my love, envied each other"

  5. 10
    To emulate. obsolete

    "Let later age that noble vse enuie, Vile rancour to auoid, and cruell surquedrie"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest.

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