Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ENVY
ENVY
Definitions of ENVY
- An object of envious notice or feeling.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
- Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]
- (obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. [14th–18th c.]
- (obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
- (obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
- (transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
- (obsolete, intransitive) To have envious feelings (at). [15th]
- (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge. [16th–18th c.]
- (obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
- (obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
- (obsolete) To hate.
- (obsolete) To emulate.
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using ENVY in a Sentence
- Despite being poor, the Dillingham Youngs love each other and possess two items they value as treasures: Della's knee-length brown hair that would depreciate the Queen of Sheba's jewels, and Jim's gold pocket watch, a family heirloom that would make King Solomon envy him.
- According to the standard list, the seven deadly sins in Christianity are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth.
- When they rejoined the celebration, Zeus guessed what had happened because of the mud on Demeter's backside, and out of envy killed Iasion with a thunderbolt.
- Neuroticism, a fundamental personality trait characterized by anxiety, moodiness, worry, envy and jealousy.
- After a fight with Sarah, Jim tries to get a loan from John Ashmore, a wealthy businessman, who denies his request, but mentions his envy at Jim's fatherhood, since his wife cannot bear children.
- Scholars Yang Kuo-shu and David Ho have analysed the psychological advantages of this belief: by assigning causality of negative events to yuanfen beyond personal control, people tend to maintain good relationships, avoid conflict, and promote social harmony; likewise, when positive events are seen as a result of yuanfen, personal credit is not directly assigned, which reduces pride on one side of the relationship and envy and resentment on the other.
- Later she expressed envy of her sister Mary, who had "three splendid daughters" instead of one "clumsy boy".
- The Inspiron range mainly competes against Acer's Aspire; Asus's Transformer Book Flip, VivoBook and Zenbook; HP's Pavilion, Stream, and ENVY; Lenovo's IdeaPad; Samsung's Sens; and Toshiba's Satellite.
- René Girard has explored the role of envy and mimetic desire in such relationships, arguing that often the situation "subordinates a desired something to the someone who enjoys a privileged relationship with it".
- Yukino Miyazawa is a Japanese high school first-year student who is the envy of classmates for her good grades and immaculate appearance.
- The evil eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy.
- Thursday announced on April 2, 2008, via a MySpace bulletin and their official website, a new split album with Japanese post-hardcore band Envy.
- " Indeed, she managed to decry the first self-released punk album in the UK, The Outsiders' Calling on Youth featuring Adrian Borland: "Apple-cheeked Ade has a complexion that would turn a Devon milkmaid green with envy.
- Spurred by envy, Kuniyoshi vowed to renew devotion to his art and later achieved the success he craved.
- Common lyrical themes include military might ("We Shall Hold Bayonets More Firmly", "Look At Us!", "One Against a Hundred"), economic production and thrift ("The Joy of Bumper Harvest Overflows Amidst the Song of Mechanisation", "Attain the Cutting Edge (The CNC Song)", "I Also Raise Chickens", "Potato Pride", "Chollima on the Wing"), patriotism ("My Country Is the Best", "We Have Nothing To Envy", "Onwards Toward the Final Victory") and glorification of the party and leaders ("Where Are You, Dear General?", "No Motherland Without You", "Don't Ask My Name", "The General Uses Warp", "Footsteps").
- It starred Ethel Merman; despite rumors through the years that Merman demanded from envy that Hutton's musical numbers be reduced from the show, more careful reports demonstrate that producer DeSylva chose to cut just one song of three, "They Ain't Done Right by Our Nell", due to Hutton's "always in overdrive" performance style.
- Olson, a phenomenal guitarist in Des Moines, For Today, Euforquestra, The Envy Corps, In Loving Memory, The Cassandra Disease, Hawks, Slipknot (who had 3 #1 Billboard 200 albums like All Hope is Gone in 2008), Stone Sour, Radio Moscow, Modern Life Is War, Marmot, and Unknown Component.
- According to former party leader Rodney Hide, ACT's values are "individual freedom, personal responsibility, doing the best for our natural environment and for smaller, smarter government in its goals of a prosperous economy, a strong society, and a quality of life that is the envy of the world".
- Pallenberg's burgeoning relationship with Jones encouraged him to experiment musically in their 1966 album Aftermath, while her intelligence and sophistication both intimidated and elicited envy from the other Stones.
- This Joker's Card is a necromancer and illusionist who tries to trick individuals into acts of greed, envy, and lust.
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