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envied

verb as in be jealous of another

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Maybe at one point I would have envied these students who grew up in privileged families so often laden with trust funds.

How you envied her, set yourself up in opposition to all that.

To his peers, he's an all-star eccentric who is pitied or clucked over protectively as often as he is envied.

As the years passed, I envied women who nonchalantly mentioned their periods as nothing more than a minor irritation.

My brother is a professional artist, and I always sort of envied him.

We never see such horrors now; and I actually envied Pit Town the possession of that picture.

If Wee Willie Winkie took an interest in anyone, the fortunate man was envied alike by the mess and the rank and file.

He sang bravura airs with a facility of vocalisation any prima donna might have envied.

She had seen no married happiness that she envied, even where there was a fine measure of love and philosophy.

Sukey had before envied Catharine the possession of a gold necklace; but that grew dim before the glory of this London gown.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to envied, such as: covet, begrudge, crave, yearn, resent, and desire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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