Jealous

Definition: Jealous

Jealous

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. Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover".

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

Domain	Definition
Satire	JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Jealous

Synonyms: covetous (adj), envious (adj), green (adj), green-eyed (adj), overjealous (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Jealousy	Verb: be jealous; Adjective: view with jealousy, view with a jealous eye.
	Adjective: jealous, jealous as a barbary pigeon; jaundiced, yellow-eyed, envious, hornmad.
Probity	Chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche; high-spirited.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Jealous

English words defined with "jealous": Esprit de corps ♦ green-eyed, green-eyed monster ♦ Jealousness, jealousy, Joseph ♦ overjealous ♦ revengeful ♦ vengeful, vindictive. (references)

Specialty definitions using "jealous": Apparel ♦ Bianca, Branghtons, Break, Bull ♦ CARVEL'S RING, Crimp of Death ♦ Galate'a, Garter, Grundy, Gypsy ♦ Hand, Hash, HORN MAD, Horse ♦ Ice, Ink ♦ Jealousy ♦ Kitely ♦ Letter, Lettuce, Lismahago ♦ Minx ♦ Naked ♦ Orchard ♦ Pacify, Pallet, Paulina, Pearls, Pig, Pigwiggin, Publisher ♦ River ♦ SALOME, Shop, SPANISH PADLOCK, Splinter, Standard-bearer ♦ Telephone, Topaz ♦ Vitriol. (references)

Etymologies containing "jealous": Overjealous. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I'm not a jealous man, I just don't like people touching my things (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) He's jealous. He's holding me back (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) You're just jealous because I'm a real freak and you have to wear a mask (Batman Returns ; writing credit: Sam Hamm, Daniel Waters) Donna I'm sorry were gonna have to call this off; my wife gets very jealous. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Edward Morgan, insanely jealous and acting like a sixteen-year-old Romeo (Curly Top; writing credit: Arthur J. Beckhard; Patterson McNutt)
Lyrics	I wasn't jealous before we met (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba) I'm jealous of everybody in the room (First Date; performing artist: Blink-182) It's likely they're just jealous and jaded (TIL I HEAR IT FROM YOU; performing artist: Gin Blossoms) Turnin her nose up at people actin jealous and bitter (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) 'Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man (Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; performing artist: Jim Croce)
Clever	You're Just Jealous Because The Voices Are Talking To Me. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Jealous Lover (1933) Don't Get Jealous (1929) Jealous Fisherman (1924) Beatrice Fairfax Episode 2: Adventures of the Jealous Wife (1916) A Jealous Guy (1916)
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Domain	Title
Books	A Jealous God (reference) How I Feel Jealous (How I Feel) (reference) Jealous (What Does It Mean) (reference) Jealous Feelings (reference) Revenge of a Jealous Lover (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard/Laughing Boy/A Jealous Torment/Is Life a Boon? (reference) Jealous Heart & Other Original Favourites (reference) Jealous Kind/Plain from the Heart (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Author	Quotation
Buckingham	Making my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart doth hold.
Herodotus	But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
Hesiod	Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
Johann Kaspar Lavater	The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	They are jealous even of his regard for his father
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	This giantess was jealous.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	This I delivered in a firm tone, like a person who was jealous lest his courage should be called in question
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	So when Martha gets kicked around for insider trading, the real reason jealous people are upset is because she is a female billionaire who got some of the same secrets usually reserved for men.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Buchanan	1857-1861	Annihilate this trade, arrest its free progress by the geographical lines of jealous and hostile States, and you destroy the prosperity and onward march of the whole and every part and involve all in one common ruin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Jealous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.52% of the time. "Jealous" is used about 959 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)	95.52%	916	7,837
Noun (proper)	4.48%	43	52,181
Total	100.00%	959	N/A

Expressions using "jealous": a bit jealous ♦ be jealous ♦ be jealous of a good name ♦ become jealous ♦ excessively jealous ♦ jealous god ♦ jealous of ♦ jealous of smb.'s success ♦ make jealous ♦ pangs of jealous ♦ view with a jealous eye ♦ with jealous care. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "jealous": non-jealous.
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Language		Translations for "jealous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		jaloers. (various references)

Albanian		ziliqar (covetous, envious), xheloz, tepër i kujdesshëm (painstaking). (various references)

Arabic		‏غيور (ardent, green with envy), ‏حسود (envious, grudging, invidious), ‏ضنين (exhausted), ‏أكول فى نفسه. (various references)

Bulgarian		ревностен (ardent, eager, earnest, fanatic, fanatical, fervent, intense, keen, mettled, mettlesome, openmouthed, painstaking, violent, zealous), ревнив (green, yellow), завистлив (envious, yellow), бдителен (alert, awake, hawk-eyed, observant, open-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake), подозрителен (distrustful, doubtful, equivocal, leery, mistrustful, queer, suspect, suspicious). (various references)

Chinese		嫉�' (Envied, Envying, Jealousies, Jealousy), 忌 (avoid as taboo), �'忌 (jealousy), �' . (various references)

Czech		závistivý (envious, green with envy, invidious, yellow), řevnivý, žárlivý. (various references)

Danish		misundelig (envious). (various references)

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

Esperanto		enviema (envious), ĵaluza. (various references)

Farsi		غیور (Spunky, Warm, Zeal, Zealot, Zealous), حسود (Envious), رشک مند, رشک ورز, رشک بر (Envious), بارشک . (various references)

Finnish		mustasukkainen, kateellinen (envious). (various references)

French		jaloux. (various references)

German		eifersüchtig (jealously, possessive). (various references)

Greek		υπερασπίζομαι ζηλότυπα, ζηλότυποσ, ζηλιάρησ (envious), ζηλιάρης, ζηλεύω (be jealous, envious of, envy, jealous of). (various references)

Hebrew		מק� א (envious), ק� אן, ק� אי (fanatic, fanatical, possessive, rabid, zealot, zealous). (various references)

Hungarian		féltékeny (be jealous, he is envious, yellow). (various references)

Icelandic		öfundsjúkur. (various references)

Indonesian		sirik (envious), cemburu (envy), bingit (ill at case). (various references)

Italian		geloso (envious, green-eyed, jaundiced, particular). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		嫉視 , 妬ましい (envious). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ねたましい (envious), しっし (spiteful gaze). (various references)

Korean		질두하�". (various references)

Manx		eadoilagh, eadoil, eadaghey, eadagh (jealous person). (various references)

Norwegian		sjalu. (various references)

Papiamen		yalus, yalurs. (various references)

Pig Latin		ealousjay.(various references)

Polish		zazdrosny. (various references)

Portuguese		invejoso (dog-in-the-manger, envious, grudging, ill-disposed, invidious, jaundiced), ciumento (ill-disposed). (various references)

Romanian		posesiv (possessive), invidios (covetous, envious, enviously, grudging, malevolent, malicious, yellow), grijuliu (advertent, attentive, careful, cautious, chary, considerate, heedful, tender, thoughtful, wary), gelos (green-eyed, grudging, yellow), atent (advertent, alert, amiable, attentive, attentively, careful, carefully, close, closely, complaisant, considerate, courteous, curious, deliberately, delicate, heedful, intent, listening, mindfully, nice, observant, observantly, painstaking, regardful, searching, tender, watchful). (various references)

Russian		ревнивый (green-eyed). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ljubomoran (distrustful, envious). (various references)

Spanish		celoso (mettled, mettlesome, zealous). (various references)

Sranan		dyarusu (envy). (various references)

Swedish		svartsjuk (green-eyed), jalu (envious), avundsjuk (envious, jaundiced). (various references)

Thai		อิจฉา (grudge), หวา�"ระแวง (suspicious), ขี้หึง. (various references)

Turkish		titiz (careful, choosy, cleanly, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, exact, exacting, exigent, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, jealous of, meticulous, niggling, niminy-piminy, particular, peevish, pernickety, picky, rigorous, scrupulous, squeamish, touchy), kıskanç (envious, green-eyed, grudger, grudging, jaundiced, yellow), güvensiz (distrustful, incredulous, insecure, mistrustful, not confident, unsecured), düşkün (addict, addicted, affected, almsman, decayed, devotee, doting, down at heels, fallen, fallen on hard times, fond, given to, jealous of, keen, keen on, partial, poor, sharp-set), özenli (assiduous, attentive, careful, elaborate, heedful, painstaking, regardful, scrupulous, thoughtful). (various references)

Turkmen		gabanjaс. (various references)

Ukrainian		ревнивий (green-eyed, yellow), заздрісний (cankered, emulous, envious). (various references)

Vietnamese		tha thiết bảo vệ cảnh giác vì ngờ vực, ghen tuông bo bo giữ chặt; hết sức giữ gìn, ghen tị (envious, yellow), ghen ghét, cẩn thận vì ngờ vực, đố kỵ hay ghen. (various references)

Welsh		gwenwynllyd (peevish), gorfynt (ambitious, envy, jealousy, pride, proud), eiddigus (zealous), eiddigeddus (envious), cenfigennus (envious). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aemula, aemulum, invidentes, invido, invidus. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	zelus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Joel Chapter 2, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ezhlwsen kurioV thn ghn autou kai efeisato tou laou autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Zelatus est Dominus terram suam et pepercit populo suo
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The Lord louede his lond, and sparide to his peple.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
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Language	Joel Chapter 2, Verse 18
Albanian	Atëherë Zoti u bë xheloz për vendin e tij dhe i erdhi keq për popullin e tij.
Cebuano	¶ Unya si Jehova nangabugho alang sa iyang yuta, ug nalooy sa iyang katawohan.
Chinese	耶 �'� 華就為自己的地發熱心、憐恤他的百 �" ．
Croatian	Tad Jahve, ljubomoran na zemlju svoju, smilova se svom narodu.
Danish	Og HERREN blev nidkær for sit Land og fik Medynk med sit Folk.
Dutch	Zo zal de HEERE ijveren over Zijn land, en Hij zal Zijn volk verschonen.
Finnish	Niin Herra kiivaili maansa puolesta ja sääli kansaansa.
French	L`Éternel est ému de jalousie pour son pays, Et il épargne son peuple.
German	So wird der HERR um sein Land eifern und sein Volk verschonen.
Haitian Creole	¶ Lè sa a, Seyè a fè wè jan li renmen peyi li a. Li fè pèp li a gras.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu TUHAN memperhatikan tanah-Nya, dan mengasihani umat-Nya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka Tuhan juga gairahlah akan hal tanah-Nya dan Iapun sayang akan umat-Nya!
Italian	Il Signore si mostri geloso per la sua terra e si muova a compassione del suo popolo.
Maori	¶ Katahi ka hae a Ihowa ki tona whenua, ka manawapa ki tana iwi.
Norwegian	Da blir Herren nidkjær for sitt land, og han sparer sitt folk.
Portuguese	Então o Senhor teve zelo da sua terra, e se compadeceu do seu povo.
Rumanian	Domnul a fost plin de rkvnq pentru yara Lui, wi S`a kndurat de poporul Squ.
Swedish	Så upptändes då HERREN till nitälskan för sitt land, och han ömkade sig över sitt folk; HERREN svarade och sade till sitt folk:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "jealous": jealousies, jealously, jealousness, jealousnesses, jealousy. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Jealous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Djelloul, Eallabus, Ejalu, gellous, jaeluos, jaleous, jeeoos, Jeevons, jelaous, jeleous, jellous, jelos, jelous, jelus, jeolous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "jealous" (pronounced je"lus)
4	-e" l u s	fellas, overzealous, trellis, zealous.
3	-l u s	accomplice, acropolis, ageless, aimless, airless, Amaryllis, anomalous, atlas, bacillus, backless, balas, baseless, blameless, bloodless, bolus, boneless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, calculus, callous, callus, careless, Carolus, cashless, ceaseless, childless, classless, cloudless, clueless, Colas, colorless, cordless, countless, cutlass, defenseless, digitalis, directionless, doubtless, driverless, ductless, earless, effortless, endless, expressionless, eyeless, fabulous, faceless, fatherless, fearless, featherless, featureless, feckless, fenceless, flawless, flightless, frictionless, frivolous, fruitless, Gallus, garrulous, gladiolus, godless, graceless, groundless, guileless, guiltless, hairless, hapless, harmless, headless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, hornless, humorless, incredulous, irregardless, issueless, jobless, keyless, lactobacillus, landless, lawless, leaderless, leafless, legless, libelous, lifeless, limbless, limitless, listless, loveless, luckless, malice, marvelous, meaningless, meatless, megalopolis, merciless, meticulous, metropolis, mindless, miraculous, motherless, motionless, nameless, nautilus, nebulous, necklace, necropolis, needless, odorless, Oxalis, painless, palace, paperless, peerless, pendulous, penniless, perilous, pilotless, pitiless, pointless, polis, populace, populous, powerless, priceless, prothallus, purposeless, querulous, reckless, regardless, relentless, remorseless, restless, ridiculous, riskless, rootless, rudderless, ruthless, scandalous, scoreless, scrupulous, scurrilous, seamless, selfless, senseless, sexless, shameless, shapeless, shiftless, skinless, sleepless, sleeveless, smokeless, solace, soulless, speechless, spineless, spotless, stainless, stateless, stimulus, stylus, surplus, syphilis, tantalus, tasteless, thankless, thoughtless, ticketless, tieless, timeless, tireless, toothless, topless, treeless, tremulous, unscrupulous, useless, valueless, victimless, voiceless, warrantless, weightless, windlass, windowless, wireless, witless, wordless, worthless, zipless.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-j-l-o-s-u"
	-1 letter: jouals, joules.
	-2 letters: aloes, joles, joual, joule, louse, ousel, sajou.
	-3 letters: ales, aloe, also, joes, jole, lase, leas, lose, lues, olea, oles, sale, saul, seal, sloe, slue, soja, sola, sole, soul.
	-4 letters: ale, als, eau, els, jeu, joe, jus, las, lea, leu, oes, ole, ose, sae, sal, sau, sea, sel, sol, sou, sue, use.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-j-l-o-s-u"
	+1 letter: jalousie, jealousy.
	+2 letters: jailhouse, jalousies, jealously, kabeljous.
	+3 letters: jailhouses, jealousies, journalese.
	+4 letters: ejaculators, jealousness, journaleses, journalizes.
	+5 letters: ejaculations, jocularities, journalizers.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
jealous sound	120	jealous friend	6
jealous	103	jealous wife	6
jealous lyrics sound	38	behavior dog in jealous	6
by jealous lyrics nina	14	jealous latin	5
jealous woman	14	jealous kill kindness sound them	5
jealous love not	14	dog jealous	5
jealous lyrics	13	always it jealous kind love never patient	5
jealous guy	13	girl jealous	5
jealous nina	12	guy jealous make	5
jealous lyrics nina	11	ex jealous wife	5
jealous husband	11	god jealous	5
jealous man	10	stop being jealous	4
guy jealous lyrics	10	boyfriend jealous make	4
by jealous nina	10	jealous sound tab	4
jealous love never	10	jealous poem	4
jealous boyfriend	9	ex jealous make	4
jealous quote	7	jealous girlfriend	4
event jealous	7	house jealous lover rapture	4
him jealous make	7	jealous again	4
jealous make man	6	cat jealous	4
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Jealous

Definition: Jealous

Jealous

Adjective

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Jealousy

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Buckingham

Herodotus

Hesiod

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

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Dennis Miller

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James Buchanan

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