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Meanings of jealous in английском

Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.

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Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival.

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Examples for "green-eyed"
Examples for "green-eyed"
1
The green-eyed monitor moved forward and rotated to take us all in.
Halo Primordium
2
Kay Lee, green-eyed and fey, with a strawberry-shaped birthmark on her neck-Mrs.
Unfinished desires: a novel
3
The green-eyed man anxiously twisted strands of greasy hair around his fingertips.
Inferno
4
Through the transparent leer, her own delicate, green-eyed face twisted into laughter.
Nova
5
The green-eyed creature seemed to have gone almost feral in Mother's long absence.
Cleopatra's Moon
Usage of jealous in английском
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ANSWER: It's understandable that you feel sad and jealous in this situation.
News.com.au
2
The rollicking new number 'Party Boy' with its jealous and threatening sentiments.
Radio NZ
3
Simon thought him jealous; he'd always called Alaythia too vital for combat.
Samurai
4
But governments are especially jealous of their legal sovereignty in this area.
The Irish Times
5
She is jealous of us; and jealousy forbids the idea of friendship.
Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, an...
6
I am not in the least bit in the world jealous, Francisco.
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
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He is jealous of the past and the present and the future.
The End of the Affair
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Valatrix grew jealous of my knowledge and felt threatened by my power.
The seeker
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So often the rebel is just jealous of those with the power.
The Guardian
10
Either Boyd's the jealous type, or she's really shy about her body.
Chocolate chip cookie murder
11
Kay said thoughtfully, Are you sure you're not jealous of your father?
The Godfather
12
No, no; she would be too jealous; and for fifty other reasons.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
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Many Hamburgers believe that their city shouldn't be jealous of the Dutch.
The Guardian
14
James said she was a recent acquisition, glad that Freddie was jealous.
The new yorker
15
Yes; my husband was jealous of John Marlowe; you had divined that.
The Woman in Black
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He had said he was jealous of her affections; she believed him.
What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
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