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Though Tesla has its own set of challenges, carmakers and their agencies are keeping a close and envious eye on how the upstart has marketed itself.

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When my friend told me that the butterflies in her garden were one of her great joys during the pandemic, I was a bit envious.

Tommy Atkins are nearly always red and plummy, while even an unripe Ataulfo’s skin would make Big Bird envious with its bright yellow glow.

In perhaps some of the best performances of their respective careers, Thompson and Negga portray women who are equally envious and enamored with one another.

A number of my friends have hobbies they are super passionate about, and communities of friends they have met through those hobbies, and I'm envious and a bit mystified.

She sends a miniature of her own image to the court, envious that it will enjoy a proximity she will never attain.

We were already envious of Amal Alamuddin…for her career, not her marriage to George Clooney.

But what if they also know that making us happy or sad or angry or envious would make us more likely to want what they have?

They see people just like them being elevated quickly to power while they languish, and they become envious.

She does not shy from a fight, and she has a flair for political theater to make Ted Cruz envious.

He was a dark impish looking fellow, as lean as Cassius and as crafty and envious as Iago.

God has apportioned to each their lot; and why should I feel envious and discontented, that the best lot did not fall to my share?

Gaily the Esperanza rattled through the fleet, and envious men cried "What cheer!"

Thou who knowest in what corners of the envious earth The jealous God hath hidden the precious stones,Have pity on my long misery!

In itself valueless, yet a treasure in her eyes and mine, for it will protect our child, and many an envious eye is upon her.

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to envious, such as: distrustful, greedy, suspicious, watchful, appetent, and aspiring.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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