envious

[US]/ˈenviəs/
[UK]/ˈenviəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. feeling or showing a resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck
adv. in a way that is filled with envy

Phrases & Collocations

envious of

Example Sentences

I'm envious of their happiness.

envious of their art collection.

She was envious of her sister's beauty.

envious of her success

Envious glances were cast at Anne.

She was envious of her sister's new fashionable dress.

She is envious of Jane’s good looks and covetous of her car.

Don’t tell me any more—you’re making me envious!

Robert's new job sounds very nice - I'm envious of him / I'm full of envy / I envy him.

The clerks and ryots, however, seemed duly impressed, and likewise envious, as though deploring their parents' omission to endow them with so splendid a means of appealing to the Zamindar.

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