noun
- Resentful or painful desire for another's advantages: covetousness, envy, jealousy. See desire.
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| WordNet: enviousness |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
Synonyms: envy, the green-eyed monster
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