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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Invidious (0.00794 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Invidious.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: invidious invidious adj : containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; “discriminatory attitudes and practices”; “invidious comparisons” [syn: discriminatory]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Invidious Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Envious.] [1913 Webster] 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions. [1913 Webster] Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.

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