envy - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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envy
A	noun
	1	envy, invidia
			spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚wrongdoing; wrongful conduct; misconduct; actus reus ╚transgression; evildoing ╚sin; sinning ╚mortal sin; deadly sin ╚envy, invidia
	2	envy, enviousness, the green-eyed monster
			a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚emotion ╚hate; hatred ╚hostility; enmity; ill will ╚resentment; bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour ╚envy, enviousness, the green-eyed monster ╚penis envy ╚jealousy; green-eyed monster ╚covetousness
B	verb
	1	envy, begrudge
			be envious of; set one's heart on
		Category Tree: desire; want ╚envy, begrudge ╚covet
	2	envy
			feel envious towards; admire enviously
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚think; believe; consider; conceive ╚see; consider; reckon; view; regard ╚respect; esteem; value; prize; prise ╚admire; look up to ╚envy

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