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.]
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1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
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Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
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3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to
provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as,
invidious distinctions.
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Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
--Broome.
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In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. --
In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.