Antonyms for jealous
ˈdʒɛl əsjeal·ous

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1. jealous

   One is envious who cherishes selfish ill will toward another because of his superior success, endowments, possessions, or the like. A person is envious of that which is another's, and to which he himself has no right or claim; he is jealous of intrusion upon that which is his own, or to which he maintains a right or claim. An envious spirit is always bad; a jealous spirit may be good or bad, according to its object and tendency. A free people must be jealous of their liberties if they would retain them. One is suspicious of another from unfavorable indications or from a knowledge of wrong in his previous conduct, or even without reason. Compare DOUBT.

   Antonyms:
   contented, friendly, kindly, satisfied, trustful, well-disposed

   Synonyms:
   envious, suspicious

   Preposition:
   Envious of (formerly at or against) a person; envious of his wealth or power; envious of him for, because of, on account of his wealth or power.

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1. jealous

   Antonyms:
   unenvious, liberal, genial, self-denying, indifferent, unjealous

   Synonyms:
   envious, self-anxious, covetous, invidious, suspicious

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1. covetous, envious, jealousadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   undesirous, trusting, undesiring, trustful

   Synonyms:
   grabby, grasping, greedy, avaricious, covetous, green-eyed, envious, prehensile, overjealous

2. jealous, green-eyed, overjealousadjective

   suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

   "a jealous lover"

   Antonyms:
   trusting, undesiring, undesirous, trustful

   Synonyms:
   green-eyed, envious, overjealous, covetous

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1. jealousadjective

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, distrustful

How to use jealous in a sentence?

1. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   You boast what you already have yet feel insecure and jealous when you find the same in others. That's how fragile you're, Grow Up!

2. Jim Burroughs:

   I don't believe these feelings are mutually exclusive, i think you can admire what someone has, but also be jealous of what they have as a result of these implicit comparisons to yourself. So when you see the' real housewife' who drives a Bentley you can simultaneously admire her and resent her.

3. Michael DeVito:

   Ulrich was highly intoxicated and was in a jealous rage, he banged [the chickens] on the ground to kill them and snapped the heads off.

4. Ukraine Health Minister Zoriana Skaletska:

   I called her in the evening, I said, 'Yaryna, I'm sorry, the state needed help, don't be jealous,' she replied, 'I am jealous and, actually, the state will owe me.'.

5. Jamie Oliver:

   Gordon will do anything to try and take the piss out of me because he is deeply jealous and can't quite work out why I do what I do and why he can't do that, he is too busy shouting and screaming and making our industry look like a bunch of shouters and screamers.

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