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Meanings of envy (envied) in English
Resentful emotion that “occurs when a person lacks another’s (perceived) superior quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the other lacked it”
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A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another.
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Examples for "enviousness"
Examples for "enviousness"
1
She kept her eyes on me, and repeated with a sort of whimsical enviousness:
2
Mr. Hooker was apparently examining the elegant furniture and luxurious accommodation with his usual resentful enviousness.
3
To business people, it denotes enviousness and covetousness.
4
Fenellan's enviousness drove him at the Rev.
5
It is they who seem to have the enviousness, to be torn with desire to get what isn't theirs.
Usage of envied in English
1
They envied the attention she was getting from Merril as a result.
2
Right now Obi-Wan Kenobi envied the clones: at least they had helmets.
3
In this country the paupers form the most honored and envied class.
4
Lady Lucas herself has often said so, and envied me Jane's beauty.
5
In the eyes of the world, she would be envied by thousands.
6
Gwen envied Rhys's wandering; Rhys envied Gwen's home on the sacred isle.
7
Such were the thoughts which filled the mind of the envied betrothed.
8
I almost envied him the possession of this modest and clear flame.
9
After the funeral you said you envied me not having a father.
10
Ryana envied him his elfling ability to get by on less water.
11
I always kind of envied and wanted to do that for sure.
12
Of course; and you will be envied by every young courtier there.
13
He said he envied his fictional counterpart's affair with an Italian woman.
14
They avoid the envied person and thus the agonizing pangs of envy.
15
Yemen was long envied for its rainfall, terraced fields and irrigation channels.
16
The men were going back to the bunk-house and Festing envied them.
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Envied across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common