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envious 音標拼音: ['ɛnviəs] a. 羨慕的,嫉妒的 羨慕的,嫉妒的 envious adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another' s advantages; " he was never covetous before he met her"; " jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; " envious of their art collection" [ synonym: { covetous}, { envious}, { jealous}] Envious \ En" vi* ous\, a. [ OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See { Envy}, and cf. { Invidious}.] 1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] My soul is envious of mine eye. -- Keble. [ 1913 Webster] Neither be thou envious at the wicked. -- Prov. xxiv. 19. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Inspiring envy. [ Obs. or Poetic] [ 1913 Webster] He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor' s glory from him snatched away. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Excessively careful; cautious. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] No men are so envious of their health. -- Jer. Taylor. -- { En" vi* ous* ly}, adv. -- { En" vi* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 66 Moby Thesaurus words for " envious": beefing, begrudging, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, coveting, covetous, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, desirous, desirous of, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, distrustful, envying, faultfinding, grasping, greedy, green, green with envy, green with jealousy, green- eyed, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grudging, grumbling, horn- mad, invidious, jaundice- eyed, jaundiced, jealous, longing, malcontent, malcontented, murmuring, muttering, out of humor, peevish, petulant, querulant, querulous, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, sulky, suspicious, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, whiny, yearning, yellow, yellow- eyed
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