heartburn

Main Entry:
heartburn [hahrt-burn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: burning sensation
Synonyms: acid reflux, backflow, cardialgia, gastroesophageal reflux, indigestion, pyrosis, water-brash
Main Entry: envy
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
Main Entry: indigestion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: upset stomach
Synonyms: acid indigestion, acidosis, digestive upset, dyspepsia, dyspepsy, flatulence, flu, gas, gaseous stomach, heartburn, nausea, pain
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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