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envious Adjective feeling, showing, or resulting from envy enviously adv
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envious adjective covetous, jealous, grudging, malicious, resentful, green-eyed, begrudging, spiteful, jaundiced, green with envy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Nay, some have been so curious, as to note, that the times when the stroke or percussion of an envious eye doth most hurt, are when the party envied is beheld in glory or triumph; for that sets an edge upon envy: and besides, at such times the spirits of the person envied, do come forth most into the outward parts, and so meet the blow. Then came the turn of the Envious man, who could not bear to think that his neighbour had any joy at all. The envious billows sidelong swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass. |
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