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- Dictionaryenvy/ˈɛnvi/
noun
- 1. a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck: "she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else): "he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of ENVY is painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage. How to use envy in a sentence. Jealousy vs. Envy.
to wish that you had something that another person has: I envy her ability to talk to people she's never met before. [ + two objects ] I don't envy you the job of cooking for all those people. Fewer examples. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.
To envy is to feel resentful and unhappy because someone else possesses, or has achieved, what one wishes oneself to possess, or to have achieved: to envy the wealthy, a woman's beauty, an honest man's reputation.
Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you’re worried someone’s trying to take what you have. If you want your neighbor’s new convertible, you feel envy . If she takes your husband for a ride, you feel jealousy .
1. a feeling of grudging or somewhat admiring discontent aroused by the possessions, achievements, or qualities of another. 2. the desire to have for oneself something possessed by another; covetousness. 3. an object of envy.
To envy is to feel resentful and unhappy because someone else possesses, or has achieved, what one wishes oneself to possess, or to have achieved: to envy the wealthy, a woman's beauty, an honest man's reputation.
to wish that you had something that another person has: I envy her ability to talk to people she's never met before. [ + two objects ] I don't envy you the job of cooking for all those people. Fewer examples. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.
to be a person or thing that other people admire and that causes feelings of envy. British television is the envy of the world. Definition of envy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
envied, envies, envying. A feeling of discontent and ill will because of another's advantages, possessions, etc.; resentful dislike of another who has something that one desires. Desire for some advantage, quality, etc. that another has. An object of envious feeling.
the feeling of wanting to be in the same situation as someone else; the feeling of wanting something that someone else has envy (of somebody) He couldn't conceal his envy of me. envy (at/of something) She felt a pang of envy at the thought of his success.
