envious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.
Meanings
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Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
My soul is envious of mine eye.
1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC:an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues
Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:1:
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Excessively careful; cautious.
for no man was ever so amorous, as to love a toad; none so envious, as to repine at the condition of the miserable
1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.
He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victors glory from him snatcht away.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 39:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more envious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most envious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unenvious · nonenvious · enviously · enviousness
Relateds
Synonyms
overcautious (excessively cautious)
Translations (82)
et kade (feeling or exhibiting envy) · hu irigykedő (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sa ईर्षु (feeling or exhibiting envy) · pt invejoso (feeling or exhibiting envy) · la invidus (feeling or exhibiting envy) · cmn 嫉妒的 (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ja 嫉妬深い (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ru зави́стливый (feeling or exhibiting envy) · gd farmadach (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ang æfestiġ (feeling or exhibiting envy) · it invidioso (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sh за́видан (feeling or exhibiting envy) · de neidisch (feeling or exhibiting envy) · es envidioso (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ca envejós (feeling or exhibiting envy) · fi kade (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ceb suyaon (feeling or exhibiting envy) · uk зави́сний (feeling or exhibiting envy) · fi ilkeä (malignant; mischievous; spiteful) · enm envious (malignant; mischievous; spiteful) · pl zawistny (feeling or exhibiting envy) · hy նախանձ (feeling or exhibiting envy) · tr kıskanç (feeling or exhibiting envy) · bg зави́стлив (feeling or exhibiting envy) · fa حسود (feeling or exhibiting envy) · id iri (feeling or exhibiting envy) · be зайздро́сны (feeling or exhibiting envy) · fo øvundsjúkur (feeling or exhibiting envy) · oc envejós (feeling or exhibiting envy) · arz حسود (feeling or exhibiting envy) · da misundelig (feeling or exhibiting envy) · no misunnelig (feeling or exhibiting envy) · uk за́здрісний (feeling or exhibiting envy) · el ζηλιάρης (feeling or exhibiting envy) · cs závistivý (feeling or exhibiting envy) · zza peğil (feeling or exhibiting envy) · el φθονερός (malignant; mischievous; spiteful) · ro pizmaș (feeling or exhibiting envy) · de betulich (excessively careful) · sh surevnjiv (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sga foirmtech (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ajp غيران (feeling or exhibiting envy) · pl zawistny (malignant; mischievous; spiteful) · de neidvoll (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ka შურიანი (feeling or exhibiting envy) · lv skaudīgs (feeling or exhibiting envy) · kk қызғаншақ (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sk závistlivý (feeling or exhibiting envy) · be заві́сны (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ajp حاسد (feeling or exhibiting envy) · fi kateellinen (feeling or exhibiting envy) · mk завидлив (feeling or exhibiting envy) · hy նախանձոտ (feeling or exhibiting envy) · pl zazdrosny (feeling or exhibiting envy) · hi ईर्ष्यालू (feeling or exhibiting envy) · enm envious (feeling or exhibiting envy) · grc φθονερός (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sv vaksam (excessively careful) · de fürsorglich (excessively careful) · ko 부럽다 (feeling or exhibiting envy) · nl jaloers (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sv missunnsam (feeling or exhibiting envy) · gl envexoso (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sv svartsjuk (malignant; mischievous; spiteful) · lld nvidiëus (feeling or exhibiting envy) · es receloso (excessively careful) · nrf envieux (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ar حَسُود (feeling or exhibiting envy) · hu irigy (feeling or exhibiting envy) · nl nijdig (feeling or exhibiting envy) · mi haetara (feeling or exhibiting envy) · fr envieux (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sh závidan (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sv avundsjuk (feeling or exhibiting envy) · sl zavisten (feeling or exhibiting envy) · txb entsesse (feeling or exhibiting envy) · el ζηλόφθονος (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ro invidios (feeling or exhibiting envy) · is öfundsjúkur (feeling or exhibiting envy) · fi ylivarovainen (excessively careful) · az paxıl (feeling or exhibiting envy) · ga éadmhar (feeling or exhibiting envy)