Thesaurus: envious

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1. a. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
2. a. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
3. a. Inspiring envy.
4. a. Excessively careful; cautious.
5. adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
6. j:100 s showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages