envious

UK /ˈɛnviːəs/ US /ˈɛnviːəs/
adj 4

Definitions

adj

1

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.

an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues

Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.

2

Excessively careful; cautious.

for no man was ever so amorous, as to love a toad; none so envious, as to repine at the condition of the miserable

3

Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.

4

Inspiring envy.

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victors glory from him snatcht away.

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