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



  1. 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
 
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