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All envy synonyms

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noun envy

  • jealousy β€” jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
  • greed β€” excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
  • bitterness β€” having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
  • resentment β€” the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
  • spite β€” a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
  • hatred β€” the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
  • ill will β€” hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
  • malice β€” desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
  • prejudice β€” an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
  • rivalry β€” the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
  • backbiting β€” If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
  • coveting β€” Present participle of covet.
  • covetousness β€” inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
  • enviousness β€” The state of being envious.
  • grudge β€” a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
  • grudging β€” done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
  • heartburn β€” an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
  • lusting β€” intense sexual desire or appetite.
  • malevolence β€” the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
  • maliciousness β€” full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • malignity β€” the state or character of being malign; malevolence; intense ill will; spite.
  • opposition β€” the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
  • green-eyed monster β€” jealousy: Othello fell under the sway of the green-eyed monster.
  • invidious β€” calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks.
  • resentful β€” full of or marked by resentment.

verb envy

  • covet β€” If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.
  • resent β€” to send again.
  • begrudge β€” If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
  • crave β€” If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
  • yearn β€” to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.
  • desire β€” A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
  • hanker β€” to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
  • hunger β€” a compelling need or desire for food.
  • long β€” having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
  • lust β€” intense sexual desire or appetite.
  • thirst β€” a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
  • want β€” to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • eat one's heart out β€” Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
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