Definitions

envious

[en-vee-uhs] / ˈɛn vi əs /

ADJECTIVE

jealous, resentful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distrustful greedy suspicious watchful

WEAK

appetent aspiring begrudging coveting covetous craving desiring desirous fain grasping green with envy green-eyed grudging hankering invidious jaundiced longing for malicious spiteful umbrageous wishful yearning

Antonyms

WEAK

comfortable content kind pleased unenvious

Example Sentences

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He was my best friend, but I was so envious because you want that to be you.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

I’m envious of Annie’s brilliance, of course, but we speak the same writing language and we love it equally.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

An avaricious, envious flirt on the undisguised lookout for something better, she is angry that John wouldn’t use slave labor to build their house.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

I felt a little envious of the trolls and their simple life.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Vocabulary lists containing envious

"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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