as in jealous
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
a family that is envious of their neighbors' big house
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Recent Examples of envious
For the past 10 season the Brock baseball team has been on an envious run.
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2025
But on his trip to the Middle East this week, the American president is sounding more than a little envious of his Arab hosts.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
The two strike up a bromance that then keels over to one side because Craig is socially inept and, in the end, envious, qualities that fuel inappropriate interactions that get ever more cringey after a disastrous bro-out session with Austin’s friends.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Which is to say, Gunn is in the envious position of having plenty of different approaches to look at and figure out what worked, what didn’t work, and how to cherrypick the best perspectives and approaches and influences to create something new and yet honoring the legacy of what came before.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2025
But on his trip to the Middle East this week, the American president is sounding more than a little envious of his Arab hosts.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
The two strike up a bromance that then keels over to one side because Craig is socially inept and, in the end, envious, qualities that fuel inappropriate interactions that get ever more cringey after a disastrous bro-out session with Austin’s friends.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Which is to say, Gunn is in the envious position of having plenty of different approaches to look at and figure out what worked, what didn’t work, and how to cherrypick the best perspectives and approaches and influences to create something new and yet honoring the legacy of what came before.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for envious
jealous
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Putnam was jealous of his wife’s flirtations, and tinkered with her schedule accordingly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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When Lizzy finally runs off behind the garden hedges after getting into it with Hector for clearly being jealous of the attention Theo’s getting, Theo follows her.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
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“Envious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envious. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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