envious
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Paul Bettany, left, plays court composer Antonio Salieri, who grows envious of Mozart.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
This top-down control over urban development has drawn both envious admiration and criticism.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Mays’ Salieri is at once aghast at such loutish behavior and bitterly envious that Mozart is exceptional enough to get away with it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Liu cast an envious eye toward Trump’s ability to make the world shudder over U.S. tariffs, which he said was the result of dollar-wielding American consumers’ buying power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
He was not quite so tall as Jaime, but he was heavier, with thick shoulders and arms that would have made a blacksmith envious.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing envious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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