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1. The resentful or unhappy feeling of wanting another person's success, good fortune, qualities, or possessions.
2. Spite and resentment at seeing the success of someone else (personified as one of the deadly sins).
3. A resentful desire of something possessed by another person or what other people have, but not necessarily limited to material possessions: The envies of other students were obvious because Bert always knew the answers to the questions that the teacher presented to the class.
2. Spite and resentment at seeing the success of someone else (personified as one of the deadly sins).
3. A resentful desire of something possessed by another person or what other people have, but not necessarily limited to material possessions: The envies of other students were obvious because Bert always knew the answers to the questions that the teacher presented to the class.
Sarina's beautiful hair was an object of envy by anyone who saw her.
4. Etymology: from Old French envie, from Latin invidia, "envy, jealousy"; from invidus, "envious"; from invidere, "envy"; earlier, "look at (with malice), cast an evil eye upon"; from in-, "upon" + videre, "to see".
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vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu-
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envy (verb), envies; envied; envying
1. To feel hatred or displeasure regarding a person because of his or her possessions, wealth, achievements, talents, skills, etc.: Jason felt it was a compliment when others envied him because of his successful publications.
2. To feel a desire to have what another person or people have: James was strongly envying Lina for her programming skills for computers.
2. To feel a desire to have what another person or people have: James was strongly envying Lina for her programming skills for computers.
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vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu-
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envy, covet, desire
envy (EN vee) (noun)
Anger or resentful awareness of the advantages enjoyed by another person or people: The envy the older brother felt about the fact that his younger brother was able to go to university often upset him.
covet (KUV it) (verb)
To wish for or to desire something that belongs to another individual: As long as Emily could remember, she was told by her mother not to covet her sister’s bright red hair.
desire (di ZIGHR) (verb)
To hope or to express a wish for something: In Tonia's heart of hearts, she had a desire for a rich and famous boyfriend.
Donovan, be careful what you covet because you might get what you desire and then you could arouse envy among your friends who just might turn out to be your enemies.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group E; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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