Verb: envy en-vee
- Feel envious towards; admire enviously
"He envied her success in business"; "Many people envy celebrities' lifestyles"
- Be envious of; set one's heart on
"He envied his neighbour's new car";
- begrudge
- 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
- 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