envious
adjective
full of, feeling, or expressing envy.
enviousness
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a word derived from
envious.
Example Sentences
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"Do not give way to the enviousness of your sister's lot," he admonished her, very grave, in his deep voice.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad
And was it not something like enviousness which gripped his heart, as if of a privilege denied to him alone of all the men that had ever passed through this world?
From Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
Mr. Hooker was apparently examining the elegant furniture and luxurious accommodation with his usual resentful enviousness.
From Clarence by Bret Harte
They tell us, also, that Catulus himself alleged this in vindication of his honor, accusing, in various ways, the enviousness of Marius.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
Turning I left the rose unto her pride, The lily to her enviousness, And soon upon the grassy ground espied A daisy all companionless.
From The Poems of William Watson by William Watson
