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Word Meanings - INVIDIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Envious; malignant. Evelyn. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as,

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1. Envious; malignant. Evelyn. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. Broome. -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.

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  • JEALOUSHOOD
    Jealousy. Shak.
  • INVIDIOUS
    1. Envious; malignant. Evelyn. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as,
  • JEALOUS
    zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. Zeal, and 1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful. I have been very jeolous for the Lord God of hosts. Kings xix. 10. How nicely jealous is every one of us of his own repute!
  • SUSPICIOUS
    1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. South. Many mischievous insects are daily at work
  • ENVIOUS
    1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. Shak. 2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained
  • JEALOUSNESS
    State or quality of being jealous.
  • COVETOUSLY
    In a covetous manner.
  • COVETOUS
    1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak. Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. Emerson. 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess
  • JEALOUSY
    The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. I was jealous for jealousy. Zech. viii. 2.
  • COVETOUSNESS
    1. Strong desire. When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad
  • JEALOUSLY
    In a jealous manner.
  • OVERJEALOUS
    Excessively jealous; too jealous.
  • SELF-SUSPICIOUS
    Suspicious or distrustful of one's self. Baxter.

 

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