English-Thai Dictionary
envious
ADJ อยากได้ ของ ของ คนอื่น อยาก เป็น เหมือน คนอื่น อิจฉา ริษยา covetous jealous yak-dai-kong-kong-kon-uen
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENVIOUS
a.Feeling or harboring envy; repining or feeling uneasiness, at a view of the excellence, prosperity or happiness of another; pained by the desire of possessing some superior good which another possesses, and usually disposed to deprive him of that good, to lessen it or to depreciate it in common estimation. Sometimes followed by against, but generally and properly by at, before the person envied. Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Proverbs 24:19.
Be not envious of the blessings or prosperity of others.
1. Tinctured with envy; as an envious disposition.
2. Excited or directed by envy; as an envious attack.
ENVIOUSLY
adv. With envy; with malignity excited by the excellence or prosperity of another. How enviously the ladies look.
When they surprise me at my book.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENVIOUS
En "vi *ous, a. Etym: [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious. ]
1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs. ] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. Shak.
2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc. ; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues. My soul is envious of mine eye. Keble. Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 19.
3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic ] He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. Spenser.
4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs. ] No men are so envious of their health. Jer. Taylor. -- En "vi *ous *ly, adv. -- En "vi *ous *ness, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
envious
en vi ous |ˈenvēəs ˈɛnviəs | ▶adjective feeling or showing envy: I'm envious of their happiness | an envious glance. DERIVATIVES en vi ous ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French envieus, from envie ‘envy, ’ on the pattern of Latin invidiosus ‘invidious. ’
Oxford Dictionary
envious
en ¦vi |ous |ˈɛnvɪəs | ▶adjective feeling or showing envy: I'm envious of their happiness | an envious glance. DERIVATIVES enviously adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French envieus, from envie ‘envy ’, on the pattern of Latin invidiosus ‘invidious ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
envious
envious adjective she felt envious of her friend's beauty: jealous, covetous, desirous; grudging, begrudging, resentful; bitter. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Oxford Thesaurus
envious
envious adjective she felt envious of her friend's beauty: jealous, covetous, desirous; grudging, begrudging, resentful; jaundiced, bitter, malicious, spiteful; green with envy, green, green-eyed; formal emulous. ANTONYMS generous. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
envious
en vi ous /énviəs /→envy 形容詞 more ～; most ～【他人 (の所有物 能力など )を 】うらやんで «of » ; うらやましそうな, ねたましそうな 〈視線など 〉(→jealous )▸ Tom was envious of my success .トムは私の成功をうらやましく思っていた ～ly 副詞 うらやましそうに .～ness 名詞 U うらやましさ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary