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
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
We have mentioned these names, not for the sake of invidiousness, but have chosen them at random.
From Cathedral Cities of England by George Gilbert
We had with us neither spades nor pickaxes, and if love of ease surmounted our desire of knowledge, the offence has not the invidiousness of singularity.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
“And for why?” demanded several Irishmen, truculently, their ire aroused at the invidiousness of the allusion.
From A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route by Florence Kimball Russel
