Envious

Definitions: Envious

Envious

Adjective

1. Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"; "he was green with envy".

2. That feels envy of another's possessions.

Date "envious" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Envious \En"vi*ous\, adjective. [Old French expression envios, French envieux, from the Latin expression invidiosus, from invidia envy. See Envy, and compare to Invidious.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Envious

Synonyms: begrudging (adj), covetous (adj), green (adj), grudging (adj), jealous (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Envy	Adjective: envious, invidious, covetous; alieni appetens.
Jealousy	Noun: jealousy,jealousness; jaundiced eye; envious suspicion, suspicion; " green-eyed monster "; yellows; Juno.
	Adjective: jealous, jealous as a barbary pigeon; jaundiced, yellow-eyed, envious, hornmad.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Envious

English words defined with "envious": begrudge ♦ covetously, covetousness ♦ Displacency, drool ♦ enviously, envy ♦ Grudgeful ♦ jealously ♦ Malicious prosecution ♦ salivate ♦ Zoilean. (references)

Specialty definitions using "envious": Bull ♦ Chains ♦ Hand, Hatchet, Hornet ♦ Lozenges ♦ Ottoman ♦ Patent Medicine ♦ rich ♦ Scobellum, Standard-bearer, Swelling ♦ Temptation ♦ Web. (references)

Etymologies containing "envious": invidious. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, why, Space Ghost, if you weren't concerned about your own dome, why would you be so concerned and perhaps envious of those who have a full head of hair? (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)
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Domain	Title
Books	Envious Casca (reference) Speaking of Greed: Stories of Envious Desire (reference) The Envious Elephant (reference) Through envious eyes and slanderous tongues (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Envious [CD-SINGLE] (reference) Envious [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	An envious whig who's lost his place at court,... / J. Collier Sen. del. T. Sanders sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Envious Cassius.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Antisthenes	As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Baltasar Gracian	The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
H. More	A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.
Hesiod	Potter bears a grudge against potter, and craftsman against craftsman, and beggar is envious of beggar, and bard of bard.
Socrates	The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Those who were envious of this poor creature said he was in the pay of the police.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Envious" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.40% of the time. "Envious" is used about 187 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.4%	184	22,714
Noun (proper)	1.6%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	187	N/A

Expressions using "envious": be envious of smb. ♦ he is envious. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "envious": non-envious.
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Language		Translations for "envious"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		afgunstig. (various references)

Albanian		ziliqar (covetous, jealous). (various references)

Arabic		‏حسود (grudging, invidious, jealous). (various references)

Bulgarian		завистлив (jealous, yellow). (various references)

Chinese		羨慕 (admire, envy), 羡慕, 媢 . (various references)

Czech		závistivý (green with envy, invidious, jealous, yellow). (various references)

Danish		misundelig (jealous). (various references)

Dutch		jaloers (jealous), afgunstig (jealous). (various references)

Esperanto		enviema (jealous), envia. (various references)

Farsi		غبطه خور, حسود (Jealous), حسادت امیز, رشک بر (Jealous), بدچشم . (various references)

Finnish		kateellinen (jealous), kade. (various references)

French		envieux. (various references)

Frisian		oergeunstich. (various references)

German		neidisch (enviously, grudging, jealous, jealously). (various references)

Greek		φθονερόσ (invidious, jaundiced), ζηλόφθονοσ, ζηλιάρησ (jealous). (various references)

Hebrew		מק� א (jealous), צר עין (covetous, mean, mingy, miser). (various references)

Hungarian		irigy (grudging, jaundiced, jealous, yellow). (various references)

Icelandic		öfundarfullur. (various references)

Indonesian		sirik (jealous). (various references)

Italian		invidioso (envier, grudging, jealous). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		羨ましい (enviable), 妬ましい (jealous). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ねたましい (jealous), うらやましい (enviable). (various references)

Korean		부러워하�" (Envied). (various references)

Manx		trooagh (begrudging), lane troo. (various references)

Norwegian		misunnelig. (various references)

Papiamen		kudisioso. (various references)

Pig Latin		enviousay

Portuguese		invejoso (dog like, environ, grudgingly, ill disposed, invidious, jaunt, jealous), invejável. (various references)

Romanian		pizmaş (covetous, envier, hostile, malevolent, malicious, spiteful, yellow), invidios (covetous, enviously, grudging, jealous, malevolent, malicious, yellow). (various references)

Russian		завистливый (covetous, jaundiced, jealous, yellow). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zavidan (enviable, invidious), ljubomoran (distrustful, jealous). (various references)

Spanish		envidioso (covetous, grudging, jaundiced, jealous). (various references)

Swedish		avundsjuk (jaundiced, jealous). (various references)

Thai		อยากไ�"้ของของคนอื่น. (various references)

Turkish		kıskanan, kıskanç (green-eyed, grudger, grudging, jaundiced, jealous, yellow), gıpta eden. (various references)

Turkmen		iзigara (evil), gцrip, bahyl. (various references)

Ukranian		недоброзичливий (blackhearted, carping, cattish, cursed, evil-minded, ill-affected, malevolent, nasty), заздрісний (cankered, emulous, jealous). (various references)

Vietnamese		thèm muốn, ghen tị (jealous, yellow), đố kỵ (yellow). (various references)

Welsh		eiddigeddus (jealous), cenfigennus (jealous). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aemula, aemulum, invidiosus, invido, invidus, lividi, livido, malivolam, malivolo. (various references)
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Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 24, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Uie mh zhlwshV kakouV andraV mhde epiqumhshV einai met' autwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ne aemuleris viros malos nec desideres esse cum eis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Ne enuye thou euele men, ne desire thou to ben with them.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
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Language	Proverbs Chapter 24, Verse 1
Cebuano	¶ Dili ka masina sa mga dautang tawo; Ni magtinguha ka sa pagpakiguban kanila:
Croatian	Ne zavidi opakim ljudima niti želi da budeš s njima.
Danish	Misund ej onde Folk, hav ikke lyst til at være med dem;
Dutch	Zijt niet nijdig over de boze lieden, en laat u niet gelusten, om bij hen te zijn.
Finnish	Älä kadehdi pahoja ihmisiä äläkä halua heidän seuraansa.
French	Ne porte pas envie aux hommes méchants, Et ne désire pas être avec eux;
German	Folge nicht bösen Leuten und wünsche nicht, bei ihnen zu sein;
Hungarian	Ne irígykedjél a gonosztevõkre, se ne kivánj azokkal lenni.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Janganlah iri kepada orang jahat, dan jangan ingin berkawan dengan mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Janganlah engkau menaruh dengki akan orang jahat atau ingin hendak bertaulan dengan dia.
Italian	Non invidiare gli uomini malvagi, non desiderare di stare con loro;
Korean	너 �" 악 인 의 형 통 을 부 러 워 하 지 말 며 그 와 함 께 있 기 도 원 하 지 말 지 어 다
Maori	¶ Kei hae koe ki te hunga kino, kaua hoki e hiahia hei hoa mo ratou.
Norwegian	Vær ikke misunnelig på onde mennesker, og ha ikke lyst til å være med dem!
Portuguese	Não tenhas inveja dos homens malignos; nem desejes estar com eles;
Rumanian	Nu pismui pe oamenii cei rqi, wi nu dori sq fii cu ei;
Russian	оЕ ТЕЧОХК ЪМЩН МА�"СН Й ОЕ ЦЕМБК �'ЩФШ У ОЙНЙ,
Spanish	No tengas envidia de los hombres malos, ni desees estar con ellos;
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "envious": enviously, enviousness, enviousnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "envious": unenvious. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Envious" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Entimus, envios, envoies, envoius, envous, Evinos, evious, Fenioux, neivous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "envious" (pronounced e"nvēus)
4	-v ē u s	devious, impervious, lascivious, oblivious, obvious, previous.
3	-ē u s	acrimonious, alias, amphibious, aqueous, bilious, coleus, commodious, contemporaneous, copious, courteous, curious, deleterious, delirious, denarius, dubious, erroneous, extraneous, fastidious, felonious, furious, gaseous, glorious, gregarious, harmonious, hideous, hilarious, homogeneous, igneous, ignominious, illustrious, imperious, industrious, inglorious, injurious, insidious, instantaneous, invidious, laborious, lugubrious, luxurious, melodious, meritorious, miscellaneous, mysterious, nefarious, notorious, nucleus, obsequious, odious, pancreas, penurious, percutaneous, precarious, punctilious, radius, sanctimonious, Sartorius, serious, simultaneous, spontaneous, spurious, studious, supercilious, tedious, unceremonious, various, vicarious, victorious, vitreous.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: niveous.
	Words within the letters "e-i-n-o-s-u-v"
	-1 letter: envois, ovines, venous, vinous.
	-2 letters: envoi, eosin, nevus, noise, ovens, ovine, veins, vines, vinos.
	-3 letters: eons, ions, nevi, noes, nose, nous, ones, onus, oven, sine, sone, vein, vies, vine, vino, vise, voes.
	-4 letters: ens, eon, ins, ion, nos, nus, oes, one, ons, ose, sei, sen, sin, son, sou, sue, sun, uns, use, vie, vis.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-n-o-s-u-v"
	+1 letter: evulsion, souvenir, unvoices.
	+2 letters: enviously, evulsions, involutes, overusing, revulsion, souvenirs, unenvious, verminous, vinaceous.
	+3 letters: adenovirus, conclusive, concussive, consultive, convulsive, evolutions, involucres, outserving, overinsure, revulsions, subvention, subversion.
	+4 letters: consecutive, consumptive, deviousness, devolutions, eluviations, enterovirus, enviousness, evacuations, evaluations, exuviations, intravenous, novaculites, obviousness, overanxious, overinsured, overinsures, overissuing, overnourish, oversaucing, oversudsing, oversupping, revolutions, subventions, subversions, supervision, undissolved, unloveliest, unobtrusive, variousness, vertiginous, viciousness, viscountess, viscounties, viscousness, voguishness, voluntaries, zidovudines.
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