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envy

UK/ˈɛnvi/ US/ˈɛnvi/ common
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.
2.

be envious of; set one''s heart on

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noun

1.

a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

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2.

spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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Origin

From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”).

Phrases

  • boob envy
  • breast envy
  • class envy
  • feature envy
  • foreskin envy
  • gender envy
  • green with envy
  • penis envy

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