i Register
In some senses, envious is marked as obsolete, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
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.
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
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
Inspiring envy.
He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victors glory from him snatcht away.