adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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ĕnʹvēəs
/ˈɛnviːəs/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Excessively careful; cautious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Inspiring envy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was never covetous before he met her
jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
envious of their art collection
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: covetous, jealous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَسُود
(ḥasūd)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Arabic:
حسود
(ḥasūd)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Arabic:
حاسد
(ḥāsed)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Arabic:
غيران
(ḡērān)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Armenian:
նախանձոտ
(naxanjot)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Armenian:
նախանձ
(naxanj)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Azerbaijani:
paxıl
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Belarusian:
зайздро́сны
(zajzdrósny)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Belarusian:
заві́сны
(zavísny)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Bulgarian:
зави́стлив
(zavístliv)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Catalan:
envejós
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Cebuano:
suyaon
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Chinese Mandarin:
嫉妒的
(jídù de)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Czech:
závistivý
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Danish:
misundelig
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Dutch:
jaloers
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Dutch:
nijdig
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Estonian:
kade
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Faroese:
øvundsjúkur
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Finnish:
kateellinen
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Finnish:
kade
— feeling or exhibiting envy
French:
envieux
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Galician:
envexoso
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Georgian:
შურიანი
(šuriani)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
German:
neidisch
— feeling or exhibiting envy
German:
neidvoll
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Greek:
ζηλόφθονος
(zilófthonos)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Greek:
ζηλιάρης
(ziliáris)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Ancient Greek:
φθονερός
(phthonerós)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Hindi:
ईर्ष्यालू
(īrṣyālū)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Hungarian:
irigy
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Hungarian:
irigykedő
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Icelandic:
öfundsjúkur
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Indonesian:
iri
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Irish:
éadmhar
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Old Irish:
foirmtech
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Italian:
invidioso
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Japanese:
嫉妬深い
(shitto bukai)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Kazakh:
қызғаншақ
(qyzğanşaq)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Korean:
부럽다
(bureopda)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Ladin:
nvidiëus
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Latin:
invidus
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Latvian:
skaudīgs
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Macedonian:
завидлив
(zavidliv)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Māori:
haetara
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Middle English:
envious
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Norman:
envieux
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Norwegian:
misunnelig
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Occitan:
envejós
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Old English:
æfestiġ
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Persian:
حسود
(hasud)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Polish:
zawistny
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Polish:
zazdrosny
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Portuguese:
invejoso
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Romanian:
invidios
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Romanian:
pizmaș
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Russian:
зави́стливый
(zavístlivyj)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Sanskrit:
ईर्षु
(īrṣu)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Scottish Gaelic:
farmadach
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Serbo-Croatian:
surevnjiv
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Serbo-Croatian:
за́видан
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Serbo-Croatian:
závidan
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Slovak:
závistlivý
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Slovene:
zavisten
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Spanish:
envidioso
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Swedish:
avundsjuk
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Swedish:
missunnsam
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Tocharian B:
entsesse
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Turkish:
kıskanç
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Ukrainian:
за́здрісний
(zázdrisnyj)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
Ukrainian:
зави́сний
(zavýsnyj)
— feeling or exhibiting envy
