envy

Main Entry:
envy [en-vee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: jealousy
Synonyms: backbiting, coveting, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye, green-eyed monster, grudge, grudging, grudgingness, hatred, heartburn, ill will, invidiousness, jaundiced eye, lusting, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, opposition, prejudice, resentfulness, resentment, rivalry, spite
Notes: jealousy is reflective of a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person, whereas envy expresses a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person's advantages or accomplishments; jealousy pertains to emotional rivalry while envy is resentment of a more fortunate person
Antonyms: comfort, confidence, contentedness, good will, kindness, pleasure
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Envy.
Category: 2. Retrospective sympathetic affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
envy; enviousness; rivalry; jalousie de milier; illwill, spite.
-verbs
envy, covet, burst with envy.
-adjectives
envious, invidious, covetous; alieni appetens.
-phrases
"base envy withers at another's joy" [Thomson]; caeca invidia est [Livy]; multa petentibus desunt multa [Horace]; summa petit livor [Ovid].
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Main Entry: begrudge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wish that someone did not have
Synonyms: be jealous, be reluctant, be stingy, covet, eat one's heart out, envy, grudge, pinch, resent, stint
Main Entry: covet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire strongly
Synonyms: aspire to, begrudge, choose, crave, desiderate, envy, fancy, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, want, wish for, yearn for, yen for
Antonyms: abjure, be generous, give, not want
Main Entry: discontent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dissatisfaction
Synonyms: depression, discontentment, displeasure, envy, fretfulness, regret, restlessness, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation
Antonyms: contentedness, easiness, happiness, patience, pleasure, satisfaction
Main Entry: dissatisfaction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: discontent, unhappiness
Synonyms: annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disgruntlement, disinclination, dislike, disliking, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, disrelish, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, fretfulness, frustration, heartburn, hopelessness, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, lamentation, malcontent, malcontentment, oppression, querulousness, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry
Antonyms: contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction
Main Entry: grudge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: feel resentful; give unwillingly
Synonyms: be reluctant, be stingy, begrudge, complain, covet, deny, envy, hold back, mind, pinch, refuse, resent, stint
Antonyms: favor, forgive
Main Entry: hatred
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: severe dislike
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienation, allergy to, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, coldness, contempt, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, displeasure, distaste, enmity, envy, execration, grudge, hard feelings, hate, horror, hostility, ignominy, ill will, invidiousness, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignance, militancy, no use for, odium, pique, prejudice, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, spleen, venom
Antonyms: like, liking, love, loving
Main Entry: ill will
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bitter feeling
Synonyms: acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bad blood, bad will, bitterness, blame, despite, dislike, enmity, envy, feud, grudge, hard feelings, hate, hatred, hatred; hard feelings, hostility, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, no love lost, no love lost, objection, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, unfriendliness, venom
Antonyms: friendliness, friendship, good feelings, good will, liking, loving
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