envy

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. enviousness, jealousy; covetousness, cupidity, spite; ill will, malice; greenness. —v. begrudge; desire, crave, covet, hanker, turn green.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. jealousy, resentment, covetousness, rivalry, ill-will, spite, grudge, malice, enviousness, grudgingness, jealous competition, jaundiced eye, discontent at another's good fortune, backbiting, Cupidity, greed, bitterness, invidiousness, maliciousness, lack of Christian charity, one of the seven deadly sins, bad sportsmanship, mean-spiritedness, lusting after another's goods, coveting another's possessions, deSiring, hankering, longing, begrudging, invidia (Latin), the green-eyed monster*.

v.

Syn. grudge, begrudge, covet, lust after, regard with envy, resent, have hard feelings toward, deSire inordinately, crave, be envious of, feel resentful toward, hunger after, thirst after, deSire, long for, yearn for, hanker after, be green with envy*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

covetousness, jealousy, grudgingness, rivalry, *green-eyed monster, resentment, spite, lusting, wanting, longing, greed. ''The sincerest form of flattery.''—John C. Collins. ''The green sickness.''—Shakespeare. ''Self-made hurts.''—Shaikh Saadi. ''The tax which all distinction must pay.''—Emerson.

II

v.

covet, begrudge, grudge, resent, be green with envy, be jealous of, lust after, want, desire, *eat one's heart out, *drool over.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun Resentful or painful desire for another's advantages: covetousness, enviousness, jealousy. See DESIRE. II verb To feel envy towards or for: begrudge, covet, grudge. See DESIRE.