Details of word ENVY

Definition of envy

n. - Malice; ill will; spite.
n. - Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar.
n. - Emulation; rivalry.
n. - Public odium; ill repute.
n. - An object of envious notice or feeling.
v. t. - To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.
v. t. - To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
v. t. - To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
v. t. - To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
v. t. - To hate.
v. t. - To emulate.
v. i. - To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
v. i. - To show malice or ill will; to rail.

Word "envy" contains 4 letters : E N V Y

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