invidiousness
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The episode was a giant green cauldron of invidiousness and ill will.
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
But they seemed well used to the enforcement of the distinction, and to find therein nothing of invidiousness.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
We had with us neither spades nor pickaxes, and if love of ease surmounted our desire of knowledge, the offence has not the invidiousness of singularity.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
The invidiousness of knowing and not acting on Oates's 'dangerous secret,' Godfrey hoped, fell on the Minister rather than on himself.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Andrew Lang
Thus Pedro lost all his property because of his invidiousness.
From Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler
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