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View definitions for the green-eyed monster

the green-eyed monster

noun as in enviousness

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Example Sentences

The thing about the green-eyed monster is that it feeds most ravenously on real talent.

It perplexed the author that Rebecca was marketed by her publisher as a love story; she viewed it as very dark, and all of its characters as eaten alive by the green-eyed monster.

From Slate

But seeing the large amounts of research funding being diverted to an area that overlaps with my own interests brings out the green-eyed monster in me.

From Nature

Five ways to tame the green-eyed monster.

Can you really vanquish the green-eyed monster with introspection and communication alone?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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