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Synonyms for envy
ˈɛn vien·vy
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Princeton's WordNet
envy, enviousnessnoun
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
Synonyms:
invidia, enviousnessenvy, invidiaverb
spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms:
invidia, enviousnessenvyverb
feel envious towards; admire enviously
Synonyms:
begrudgeenvy, begrudgeverb
be envious of; set one's heart on
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
envyverb
Synonyms:
hate (for excellence or success), view with jealousy, feel ill-will towardsenvyverb
envynoun
Synonyms:
hate (on account of excellence or success), hatred, jealousy, spite, enviousness, ill-willenvynoun
Synonyms:
grudgingenvynoun
Synonyms:
object of envy, person to be envied
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#254 | want | |
#6067 | wanna | |
#15340 | suspicion | |
#15492 | envy | |
#16447 | jealous | |
#22112 | craving | |
#23302 | resent | |
#23368 | jealousy | |
#110127 | grudging | |
#114145 | begrudge | |
#131543 | invidia |
How to use envy in a sentence?
In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we shall not end up as breakfast for newts and polyps, I seem to hear the muffled cries of all the words in all the books with covers closed.
Oh I know it well, love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Within seconds of last year’s Pasta Pass sale beginning, our most enthusiastic fans clicked ‘purchase,’ becoming part of an exclusive club and the envy of pasta lovers everywhere, we know there are more fans than there were Pasta Passes.
There are still things within our power as a nation we can do by returning to basics. Not left-leaning, liberal ideas that are bordering on confiscation, wealth-envy, basic, basic things: build roads, bridges, technology, invest in research and development and generate more educational achievement.
You know what I like in Russia also is that in difficult situations I still have the full support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is good. And I support Russian President Vladimir Putin in all discussions, in all situations, eNVY AND JEALOUSY.
Translations for envy
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- حسد, غبطArabic
- завиждам, завистBulgarian
- enveja, envejarCatalan, Valencian
- závist, závidětCzech
- misundelseDanish
- beneiden, NeidGerman
- φθόνοςGreek
- enviiEsperanto
- envidiar, envidiaSpanish
- حسد, رشک ورزیدن, رشک, حسادت, حسادت ورزیدنPersian
- kateus, kadehtiaFinnish
- envier, jalousie, envieFrench
- formadIrish
- farmad, eudScottish Gaelic
- hassadaHausa
- irigyel, irigységHungarian
- նախանձ, նախանձելArmenian
- iriIndonesian
- invidia, invidiareItalian
- 羨む, ねたみ, 嫉妬Japanese
- қызғануKazakh
- invidia, invideōLatin
- pavỹdasLithuanian
- skaudībaLatvian
- harawene, pūhaehae, tarahaeMāori
- afgunstig zijn, benijden, nijd, afgunstDutch
- misunnelseNorwegian
- zazdrościć, zazdrośćPolish
- ciumes, inveja, invejarPortuguese
- invidia, invidieRomanian
- зависть, завидоватьRussian
- завидети, závist, ljubòmora, jal, завист, zavideti, јал, завидјети, љубомора, zavidjetiSerbo-Croatian
- závisťSlovak
- zavist, zavidatiSlovene
- avund, avundasSwedish
- ఈసు, ఈర్ష్య, అసూయTelugu
- ความริษยา, ความอิจฉา, ริษยา, อิจฉาThai
- kıskançlıkTurkish
- 羨慕Chinese
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