envier
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enviers
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And Sahwah the Sunfish, the lover of maiden bravery, the envier of heroines, was the greatest of them all, and knew it not.
From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
Then, said the envier, order the Faḳeers to retire to their cells, for the information that I am about to give thee I would have no one overhear.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
The envier then said to him, I have come hither to inform thee of a matter in which thou wilt find advantage, and for which I shall obtain a recompense in heaven.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
Abide he bade him: nor was need To bid when Balen wheeled his steed Fiercely, less fain by word than deed To bid his envier evil speed, And cried, “What wilt thou with me?”
From The Tale of Balen by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Ah, and is it then true that there is no friendship for me; must every friend be an envier or else a lover?
From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Lucky for garden enviers, many of those gates will be opening wide this spring as part of the annual fundraising tradition known as garden tours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
His downfall brought him closer to their level, and thus allowed his enviers to feel better about themselves.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2013
He was such a big target that his enemies and enviers made feature-length documentaries against him, like Michael Moore Hates America.
From Time Magazine Archive
—If I did not myself commiserate their PITY, the pity of those enviers and injurers!
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Its opulence was an object it could not conceal from its enviers, and its paramount eminence was too heavy a yoke for its rising rivals.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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