invidious
adjective
calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful.
invidiousness
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a word derived from
invidious.
Example Sentences
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The episode was a giant green cauldron of invidiousness and ill will.
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
"I do not," I said, "like the word 'real' There's a disagreeable invidiousness about it, and your mouth, you being what you are, should be the last to use it."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 by Various
Besides, the disabilities imposed upon all are necessarily without that bitter and stinging element of invidiousness which attaches to disfranchisement in a republic.
From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various
All who come to hear the doctrine, the preacher must receive with benevolence, and his sermon must be without invidiousness.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Paul Carus
I thank God I am free from all national invidiousness.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
