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What (who) is envy - definition


envy         
  • allegorical]] painting by [[Giotto di Bondone]], ca. 1305-1306
  • [[Hieronymus Bosch]], ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things]]'' (Invidia)
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RESENTFUL EMOTION THAT “OCCURS WHEN A PERSON LACKS ANOTHER’S (PERCEIVED) SUPERIOR QUALITY, ACHIEVEMENT OR POSSESSION AND WISHES THAT THE OTHER LACKED IT”
Envious; Phthonos; Envies; Envied; Envying; Enviously; Enviousness; Envier; Enviers; Enviable; Enviably; Evolutionary psychology of envy
I. v. a.
1.
Hate (for excellence or success), view with jealousy, feel ill-will toward.
2.
Grudge, begrudge.
3.
Be discontented at, repine at (another's prosperity).
4.
Long for, earnestly desire, desire eagerly and emulously, emulate.
II. n.
1.
Hate (on account of excellence or success), hatred, jealousy, spite, enviousness, ill-will.
2.
Grudging, grudge.
3.
Object of envy, person to be envied.
envy         
  • allegorical]] painting by [[Giotto di Bondone]], ca. 1305-1306
  • [[Hieronymus Bosch]], ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things]]'' (Invidia)
  • thumb
RESENTFUL EMOTION THAT “OCCURS WHEN A PERSON LACKS ANOTHER’S (PERCEIVED) SUPERIOR QUALITY, ACHIEVEMENT OR POSSESSION AND WISHES THAT THE OTHER LACKED IT”
Envious; Phthonos; Envies; Envied; Envying; Enviously; Enviousness; Envier; Enviers; Enviable; Enviably; Evolutionary psychology of envy
¦ noun (plural envies) discontented or resentful longing aroused by another's possessions, qualities, or luck.
?(the envy of) a person or thing that inspires such a feeling.
¦ verb (envies, envying, envied) feel envy of.
Derivatives
envier noun
Origin
ME (also in the sense 'hostility'): from OFr. envie (n.), envier (v.), from L. invidia, from invidere 'regard maliciously', from in- 'into' + videre 'to see'.
envy         
  • allegorical]] painting by [[Giotto di Bondone]], ca. 1305-1306
  • [[Hieronymus Bosch]], ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things]]'' (Invidia)
  • thumb
RESENTFUL EMOTION THAT “OCCURS WHEN A PERSON LACKS ANOTHER’S (PERCEIVED) SUPERIOR QUALITY, ACHIEVEMENT OR POSSESSION AND WISHES THAT THE OTHER LACKED IT”
Envious; Phthonos; Envies; Envied; Envying; Enviously; Enviousness; Envier; Enviers; Enviable; Enviably; Evolutionary psychology of envy
(envies, envying, envied)
1.
Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.
Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother...
They gazed in a mixture of envy and admiration at the beauty of the statue.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.
I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world...
He envied Caroline her peace...
VERB: V n, V n n
3.
If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.
...an economic expansion that was the envy of many other states.
N-SING: the N of n
4.
green with envy: see green

Wikipedia

Envy
Envy (from Latin invidia) is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it.
Examples of use of envy
1. Across the world, politicians seem to envy businessmen their wealth, and businessmen envy politicians their power.
2. If in Britain we have Booker envy, the rest of the world once had Nobel envy.
3. JHJ, London Dreaming of envy After reading your dilemma I had a nap, and dreamt about envy.
4. Interesting, troubling, envy– and rage–inspiring questions.
5. It was largely driven by envy – the envy of the not–so–rich for the relatively richer, whom they did not want to become richer still.