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Definition of Envious
1. Adjective. Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages. "Envious of their art collection"
Similar to: Desirous, Wishful
Derivative terms: Covetousness, Enviousness, Envy
Definition of Envious
1. a. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
Definition of Envious
1. Adjective. Feeling or exhibiting envy; desire of excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging ¹
2. Adjective. Excessively careful; cautious ¹
3. Adjective. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Envious
1. resentful and desirous of another's possessions or qualities [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Envious
Literary usage of Envious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"For which reason, 1 look upon the good-natured man to be endowed with a certain
discerning faculty, which the envious are altogether deprived of. ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"AVARICIOUS AND envious Two ... Then came the turn of the envious man, who could
not bear to think that his ..."
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