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Verb: envy  en-vee
  1. Feel envious towards; admire enviously
    "He envied her success in business"; "Many people envy celebrities' lifestyles"
     
  2. Be envious of; set one's heart on
    "He envied his neighbour's new car";
    - begrudge
Noun: envy  en-vee
  1. A feeling of resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck
    "Her envy of her sister's success strained their relationship";
    - enviousness
     
  2. Envy or jealousy; one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachings
    "Her envy of her sister's success poisoned their relationship";
    - invidia

Derived forms: envies, envied, envying

Type of: acrimoniousness, admire, bile, bitterness, deadly sin, desire, gall, hard feelings, ill feeling, look up to, mortal sin, rancor [US], rancour [Brit, Cdn], resentment, want

Encyclopedia: Envy, United States Virgin Islands