envy
noun
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
am envying
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present progressiveof envy (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At present I am envying you that trip to Champèry.
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
You will have good times together and I am envying him the privilege.
From The High Calling by Charles Monroe Sheldon
I am envying that peasant with his delicious melon on the rock there.
From Tony Butler by Charles James Lever
How can I have any Christian fellowship with a man when I am envying him his successes and grudging him his honors?
From Children's Rights A book of nursery logic by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
