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- DictionaryEn·vy/ˈenvē/
noun
- 1. a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck: "she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board"
verb
- 1. desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to (someone else): "he envied people who did not have to work on weekends"
The meaning of ENVY is painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage. How to use envy in a sentence.
ENVY definition: 1. to wish that you had something that another person has: 2. the feeling that you wish you had…. Learn more.
To envy is to feel resentful and unhappy because someone else possesses, or has achieved, what one wishes oneself to possess, or to have achieved: to envy the wealthy, a woman's beauty, an honest man's reputation.
Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you’re worried someone’s trying to take what you have. If you want your neighbor’s new convertible, you feel envy.
ENVY meaning: 1. to wish that you had something that another person has: 2. the feeling that you wish you had…. Learn more.
To envy is to feel resentful and unhappy because someone else possesses, or has achieved, what one wishes oneself to possess, or to have achieved: to envy the wealthy, a woman's beauty, an honest man's reputation.
to be a person or thing that other people admire and that causes feelings of envy. British television is the envy of the world. Definition of envy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
envied, envies, envying. A feeling of discontent and ill will because of another's advantages, possessions, etc.; resentful dislike of another who has something that one desires. Desire for some advantage, quality, etc. that another has. An object of envious feeling.
1. a feeling of grudging or somewhat admiring discontent aroused by the possessions, achievements, or qualities of another. 2. the desire to have for oneself something possessed by another; covetousness. 3. an object of envy.
Jun 18, 2024 · envy ( countable and uncountable, plural envies) Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.] An object of envious notice or feeling. ( obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. [14th–18th c.] ( obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
