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envy

Definition

  • noun: the feeling of wanting to have what someone else has
  • noun: painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage
  • verb: to feel a desire to have what someone else has
  • verb: to feel envy toward or on account of
  • sometimes used humorously after a noun that indicates an object of envy
  • synonyms: malice, spite, emulation

Examples

  • My neighbor's new lawn mower has given me a bad case of lawn mower 'envy'. [=I'm very envious of my neighbor's new lawn mower]

  • Her beautiful hair was an 'object of envy'. [=people felt envy because of her beautiful hair]

  • I don't 'envy' you your dental problems. [=I'm glad that I don't have your dental problems]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) One guy lives in Brooklyn. One guy lives in Sutton Place. You got a lawyer. Another guy's a doctor. Another guy dies. Another guy gets well. People are born. I envy you, your youth. Go on, get laid. Get drunk. Do anything. Because you got no choice, anyway. I mean, we're all f$cked. More or less. (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver