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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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4 days ago · An Alternative View of Envy. Envy is commonly viewed in a negative light. In Catholic theology, it is regarded as one of the seven deadly sins. If you look up the meaning of the word from the Oxford Online Dictionary, the following is what you will find: Notice that both of the definitions above have in common, as the driving factor, a desire ...
5 days ago · When jealousy and envy consume us, our behaviors may wreak havoc on our friendships and other relationships. In the world of social media, it's easy to focus on others' achievements and lose perspective on our own life, intensifying feelings of jealousy.
2 days ago · The lesson is that each one is important to her emotional growth. In Inside Out 2, Riley (now voiced by Kensington Tallman) is 13, reaching the age of puberty. This means new emotions are pushing ...
5 days ago · The Lexico definition of emotion is "A strong feeling deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others". Emotions are responses to significant internal and external events. Emotions can be occurrences (e.g., panic) or dispositions (e.g., hostility), and short-lived (e.g., anger) or long-lived (e.g., grief).
5 days ago · Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. Essentially, it is putting yourself in someone else's position and feeling what they are feeling.
1 day ago · Aphrodite ( / ˌæfrəˈdaɪtiː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [3] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans.
1 day ago · Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. [1] [2] [3] Anxiety is different from fear in that fear is defined as the emotional response to a present threat, whereas anxiety is the anticipation of a future one. [4]
