Definitions

jealous

[jel-uhs] / ˈdʒɛl əs /

ADJECTIVE

desirous; wary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anxious apprehensive attentive envious intolerant possessive protective resentful skeptical suspicious

WEAK

begrudging covetous demanding doubting emulous envying grabby grasping green-eyed grudging guarded invidious jaundiced mistrustful monopolizing possessory questioning rival solicitous vigilant watchful zealous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm content undoubting unworried

WEAK

satisfied trusting unresentful

Example Sentences

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BEN JEALOUS, newly named president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who at 35 is the youngest leader in the NAACP's 99-year history 'I'm not going to sing anymore.

From Time Magazine Archive

I'm jealous of Laure, jealous of you—" "JEALOUS? of ME?

From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

Well, I'll change it, right or wrong; I'll say that you are not sceptical, but JEALOUS.

From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.

Then, with a sudden rush of enlightenment, "Why, Barry, you're not JEALOUS?"

From The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

I do believe that she is JEALOUS, and fancies that you were in love with HER!

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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