enviousness
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en·vi·ous
(ĕn′vē-əs)adj.
Feeling, expressing, or characterized by envy: "At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way.... He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage" (Stephen Crane). See Usage Note at jealous.
en′vi·ous·ly adv.
en′vi·ous·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() covetousness - an envious eagerness to possess something green-eyed monster, jealousy - a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) penis envy - (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity |
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enviousness
nounResentful or painful desire for another's advantages:
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