jealous
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BEN JEALOUS, newly named president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who at 35 is the youngest leader in the NAACP's 99-year history 'I'm not going to sing anymore.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Well, I'll change it, right or wrong; I'll say that you are not sceptical, but JEALOUS.
From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.
I'm jealous of Laure, jealous of you—" "JEALOUS? of ME?
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
I do believe that she is JEALOUS, and fancies that you were in love with HER!
From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Then, with a sudden rush of enlightenment, "Why, Barry, you're not JEALOUS?"
From The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne by Norris, Kathleen Thompson
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