Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.
1 It is difficult to know whether to sympathise or simply be envious .
2 She was well aware of the envious looks of several young women.
3 I was envious of my Coast relations who spoke Māori, she said.
4 The compartment, illustrating the eternal trouble of the envious has this inscription:
5 The envious detractors of Abélard rejoice in his weakness and his humiliation.
6 The praise that was showered on the Monkey made the Camel envious .
7 Mature spinsters of twenty-five figured as envious deterrents in the happy affair.
8 The six midshipmen found many an envious look shot in their direction.
9 And we'll gather enough riches along the way to make Croesus envious .
10 A lot of the other gypsies were envious of her-ofher power.
11 That brought an appreciative and even envious sigh from the surrounding group.
12 He was genuinely happy for Woody, but he was also deeply envious .
13 But the cup of bitterness for the envious was not yet full.
14 She looked with envious eyes at the one which the rabbit had.
15 If not a typo, I am either very envious or extremely depressed.
16 When I looked up, John's envious expression was soon replaced by resignation.
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