Envy
WordNet
noun
(1) Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
(2) A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
verb
(3) Be envious of; set one's heart on
(4) Feel envious towards; admire enviously
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Etymology
From envie from envie from invidia "envy" from invidere "to look at with malice" from in + videre ("on, upon" + "to look, see"). Displaced native ande, onde "envy" (from anda, onda "breath, emotion, envy, hatred, grudge, dislike"), nithe, nith "envy, malice" (from nīþ "envy, hatred, malice, spite, jealousy").
Noun
- Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions); as distinct from jealousy.
- 1983. ROSEN, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist. p. 66.
- Theodorus assures Socrates that no envy will prevent the Stranger from responding
- 1983. ROSEN, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist. p. 66.