adj
Meaning 1
Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
invidious
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 3
Envious, jealous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 4
Detestable, hateful, or odious. (Often used in cases of perceived unfairness, or when facing a difficult situation or choice — especially in the phrase invidious position.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The sales representative was in an invidious position: she could either get to the meeting on time but with nothing to show the client, or pick up the product samples while the client was kept waiting. Neither one would make a favourable impression!
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- discriminatory attitudes and practices
- invidious comparisons
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discriminatory
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invidiōsus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) + videō (“to see”); the meaning developed from “look back at” to “look askance at” to “envy.” Doublet of envious, from Old French.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: несправедлив (nespravedliv) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Dutch: discriminerend — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Greek: επαχθής (epachthís) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Greek: απεχθής (apechthís) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Greek: μισητός (misitós) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Greek: αντιπαθής (antipathís) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Hindi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Marathi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Russian: возмути́тельный (vozmutítelʹnyj) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Russian: несправедли́вый (nespravedlívyj) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Russian: пристра́стный (pristrástnyj) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Sanskrit: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajanaka) — offensively or unfairly discriminating
- Bulgarian: враждебен (vraždeben) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Bulgarian: ненавистен (nenavisten) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Dutch: kwetsend — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Hindi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Hindi: अपमानजनक (apmānajnak) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Marathi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Marathi: अपमानजनक (apmānajnak) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Sanskrit: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajanaka) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Sanskrit: अपमानजनक (apamānajanaka) — causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense
- Bulgarian: предизвикващ завист (predizvikvašt zavist) — causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
- Dutch: afgunstig — causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
- Hindi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
- Marathi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
- Sanskrit: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajanaka) — causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
- Greek: φθονερός (fthonerós) — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Hindi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Latin: invidiosus — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Marathi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Russian: зави́стливый (zavístlivyj) — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Russian: ревни́вый (revnívyj) — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Sanskrit: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajanaka) — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Spanish: invidioso (disused) — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Spanish: ínvido — archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous
- Greek: μισητός (misitós) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Greek: απεχθής (apechthís) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Greek: αποκρουστικός (apokroustikós) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Hindi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Hindi: अपमानजनक (apmānajnak) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Marathi: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajnak) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Marathi: अपमानजनक (apmānajnak) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Russian: омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Russian: ненави́стный (nenavístnyj) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Sanskrit: द्वेषजनक (dveṣajanaka) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious
- Sanskrit: अपमानजनक (apamānajanaka) — archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious