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  • nounjealousy
  • verbbe jealous of another

synonyms for envy

  • begrudging
  • bitterness
  • hatred
  • ill will
  • jealousy
  • malice
  • prejudice
  • resentment
  • rivalry
  • backbiting
  • coveting
  • covetousness
  • enviousness
  • grudging
  • lusting
  • malevolence
  • maliciousness
  • malignity
  • opposition
  • spite
  • evil eye
  • green-eyed monster
  • grudgingness
  • invidiousness
  • jaundiced eye
  • resentfulness
See also synonyms for: envied / envying
On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to envy, such as: begrudging, bitterness, hatred, ill will, jealousy, and malice.

antonyms for envy

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  • friendliness
  • liking
  • love
  • loving
  • comfort
  • confidence
  • contentedness
  • good will
  • kindness
  • pleasure
  • abjure
  • dislike
  • hate
  • despise
  • be content
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How to use envy in a sentence

Attempts to promote new fashions, harness the “propulsive power of envy,” and boost sales multiplied in Britain in the late 18th century.
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“We are committed to making our rail operations control center a safety standard-bearer and envy of the transit industry,” Wiedefeld said.
METRO DISPUTES AUDIT THAT CLAIMED RAIL CONTROL CENTER WAS ‘TOXIC WORKPLACE’ ENVIRONMENTJUSTIN GEORGEDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Disney has experimented with the premium digital release of “Mulan” and the upcoming Pixar release “Soul,” but its box-office might has been the envy of Hollywood.
DISNEY PLANS TO STREAM A GALAXY OF STAR WARS, MARVEL SERIESVERNE KOPYTOFFDECEMBER 10, 2020FORTUNE
Find people to spend your life with who have similar money views as you and it will save you a lot of unnecessary stress, envy and wasteful spending.
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Seeing a new group arrive from the city, with all their toes intact, shiny hair, “fat and delicious-looking,” Agnes drools—maybe with envy, maybe because they so appetizingly resemble healthy livestock in her world of jerky and morning mush.
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It is then we make him our friend, which sets us above the envy and contempt of wicked men.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOE
Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
She expatiated on his father's character; on the envy of his rivals; and dated his fall to their ambition alone.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
She had a graceful figure, and the slender foot below her white piqué skirt was at once the envy and admiration of Aix-les-Bains.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
Like his father, he had to bear all that Spanish envy and Spanish malignity could inflict.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
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WORDS RELATED TO ENVY

  • be jealous
  • be reluctant
  • be stingy
  • covet
  • eat one's heart out
  • envy
  • grudge
  • pinch
  • resent
  • stint
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.