The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases directly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.
Malice; ill will; spite.
Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; - usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar.
Emulation; rivalry.
Public odium; ill repute.
An object of envious notice or feeling.
To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.
To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
To hate.
To emulate.
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; - used especially with at.
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
