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 thank God I am free from all national invidiousness.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
But they seemed well used to the enforcement of the distinction, and to find therein nothing of invidiousness.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 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
Of the numerous opinions expressed or unexpressed, ranging from polite incredulity to unholy joy or open contempt, the only quality which all these opinions held in common was their invidiousness.
From White Ashes by Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson) Kennedy
