She does have a favourite among her children, but she thinks it would be invidious to say which.
Source: tatoeba (9476455)
Invidious
//ɪnˈvɪdi.əs//
Synonyms for "invidious" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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3 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- враждебен adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
- ненавистен adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
- несправедлив adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- предизвикващ завист adj (causing envy or ill will towards the possessor)
Dutch
3 entries- afgunstig adj (causing envy or ill will towards the possessor)
- discriminerend adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- kwetsend adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
Greek
4 entries- αντιπαθής adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- απεχθής adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- απεχθής adj (archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious)
- αποκρουστικός adj (archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious)
Hindi
4 entries- अपमानजनक adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
- अपमानजनक adj (archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious)
- द्वेषजनक adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- द्वेषजनक adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
Latin
1 entries- invidiosus adj (archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous)
Marathi
4 entries- अपमानजनक adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
- अपमानजनक adj (archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious)
- द्वेषजनक adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- द्वेषजनक adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
Russian
4 entries- возмути́тельный adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- зави́стливый adj (archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous)
- ненави́стный adj (archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious)
- несправедли́вый adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
Sanskrit
4 entries- अपमानजनक adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
- अपमानजनक adj (archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious)
- द्वेषजनक adj (offensively or unfairly discriminating)
- द्वेषजनक adj (causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense)
Spanish
2 entries- invidioso (disused) adj (archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous)
- ínvido adj (archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
She does have a favourite among her children, but she thinks it'd be invidious to say which one it is.
Source: tatoeba (9476456)
The diplomat's assertion of the primacy of his nation's interests was seen as an invidious act by his nation's rivals.
Source: tatoeba (13576669)
To think highly of ourselves in comparison with others, to assume by our own authority that precedence which none is willing to grant, must be always invidious and offensive; […]
Source: wiktionary
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