Found 4 items, similar to ENVY.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: envy iri
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: envy cemburu, dengki, iri, iri hati
English → English (WordNet) Definition: envy envy n 1: a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another [syn: enviousness, the green-eyed monster ] 2: spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: invidia] v 1: feel envious towards; admire enviously 2: be envious of; set one's heart on [syn: begrudge] [also: envied]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Envy Envy \En"vy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envied; p. pr. & vb. n. Envying.] [F. envier.] 1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. [1913 Webster] A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. --Collier. [1913 Webster] Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. --Rambler. [1913 Webster] 2. To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge. [1913 Webster] I have seen thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes. --Froude. [1913 Webster] 3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet. [1913 Webster] Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. --T. Gray. [1913 Webster] 4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall. --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] 5. To hate. [Obs.] --Marlowe. [1913 Webster] 6. To emulate. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Envy \En"vy\, n.; pl. Envies. [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision.] 1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of C[ae]sar. [1913 Webster] Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us. --Ray. [1913 Webster] No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 5. An object of envious notice or feeling. [1913 Webster] This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Envy \En"vy\, v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at. [1913 Webster] Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [Obs.] “He has . . . envied against the people.” --Shak. [1913 Webster]