green-eyed

American  

[green-ahyd] / ˈgrinˌaɪd /

adjective

Informal.

1. jealous; envious; distrustful.

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green-eyed British  

adjective

1. jealous or envious

2. jealousy or envy

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Etymology

Origin of green-eyed

First recorded in 1590–1600 in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (1596?), green being associated with envy

Example Sentences

American business and Silicon Valley, in particular, are littered with classic beefs fueled by ambition, greed and green-eyed jealousy: the late Steve Jobs vs.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the sequence, the young Viking Hiccup reaches out his hand to touch Toothless, the black, green-eyed dragon he once feared.

From Los Angeles Times

"You are our flower, our baby and our green-eyed child."

From BBC

Jones was a strapping, green-eyed man whose emotive face seemed always at the brink of laughter or fury.

From Los Angeles Times

The green-eyed 20-year-old Queen sat next to the Shah on a divan while he sat in his shirtsleeves telling the story of the flight.

From Seattle Times