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Envy   /ˈɛnvi/   Listen
noun
Envy  n.  (pl. envies)  
1.
Malice; ill will; spite. (Obs.) "If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people."
2.
Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar. "Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us." "No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more." "Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave."
3.
Emulation; rivalry. (Obs.) "Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy."
4.
Public odium; ill repute. (Obs.) "To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero."
5.
An object of envious notice or feeling. "This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world."


verb
Envy  v. t.  (past & past part. envied; pres. part. envying)  
1.
To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. "A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty." "Whoever envies another confesses his superiority."
2.
To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge. "I have seen thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior." "Jeffrey... had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes."
3.
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet. "Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share."
4.
To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. (Obs.) "If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall."
5.
To hate. (Obs.)
6.
To emulate. (Obs.)


Envy  v. i.  
1.
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; used especially with at. "Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked?"
2.
To show malice or ill will; to rail. (Obs.) "He has... envied against the people."





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"Envy" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Leonard, eagerly; but then he too recollected the official, and merely said something commonplace about excellent sermons, adding, 'And the singing is admirable. Poor Averil would envy such a choir as we have! We sing so many of the old ...
— The Trial - or, More Links of the Daisy Chain • Charlotte M. Yonge
... Chicago, where, with an ample supply of money, he is repeating his New York operations; but Harold Melville has never been heard of until this day. I think the true explanation is easily arrived at. Goaded by cupidity—and perhaps envy of your superior talents—Ford took advantage of the situation and, finding the automobile speeding along a deserted road, knocked you on the head, tumbled you out of the car, and made off with your combined winnings. ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation • Edith Van Dyne
... a man fatally unfit for his present element! But he has Two considerable Sedatives, all along; two, and no third visible to me. Sedative FIRST: that, he can, at any time, quit this illustrious Tartarus-Elysium, the envy of mankind;—and indeed, practically, he is always as if on the slip; thinking to be off shortly, for a time, or in permanence; can be off at once, if things grow too bad. Sedative SECOND is far better: His own labor on LOUIS QUATORZE, ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.) - Frederick The Great--The Ten Years of Peace.--1746-1756. • Thomas Carlyle
... Glances are deadliest things with torments rare: He shook his love locks down and bared his chin, * Whereby I spied his beauties dark and fair: My care, my cure are in his hands; and he * Who caused their dolour can their dole repair: His belt went daft for softness of his waist; * His hips, for envy, to uprise forbear: His brow curl-diademed is murky night; * Unveil 't and lo! bright Morn shows ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton
... and Dave and Henry brought down their full share of what was bagged. The Indians joined in the hunting with keen pleasure, and White Buffalo brought down a silver-tailed fox, the pelt of which became the envy of all ...
— On the Trail of Pontiac • Edward Stratemeyer


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