- 1. a. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 3. a. Inspiring envy. Source: opted
- 4. a. Excessively careful; cautious. Source: opted
- 5. adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. Shak. 2. 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. My soul is envious of mine eye. Keble. Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 19. 3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic] He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. Spenser. 4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.] No men are so envious of their health. Jer. Taylor. -- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 s showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages Source: ecdict
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