[ US /ˈɛnvi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛnvi/ ]
VERB
  1. feel envious towards; admire enviously
  2. be envious of; set one's heart on
NOUN
  1. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  2. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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How To Use envy In A Sentence

  • They will not see through the superficial machinations of modern baaskap whose heart is filled with envy at seeing the dream becoming true, of a people united in a social contract, working together black and white, to determine a better future for themselves. SPEECH BY NKOSINATHI NHLEKO, CHIEF WHIP OF THE MAJORITY PARTY ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
  • The second is to realise when the goal is unattainable and turn the envy towards an achievable outcome. Times, Sunday Times
  • Founded in Sep of 2004, IrishEnvy. com has grown in to a premiere web portal upon a Internet for grown up as well as intelligent Notre Dame Fighting Irish entertainment discussion! Tunverified voracity
  • Penis envy is right -- you notice how it's always guys like Sam and Randy leading the charge for this kind of thing? OHSU biotech breakthrough -- worthless to Portland (Jack Bog's Blog)
  • Making ourselves miserable by these cravings and wishes is the unwholesome pattern of envy.
  • He could only envy the more galactically sophisticated Deyzara his perfect terranglo that in some ways sounded more polished than that of the administrator herself. Drowning World
  • The camera captures Rico's observant nature as he gazes in envy at a mob leader's jeweled cravat, diamond pinky ring, and stock of fine cigars.
  • And in such a case envy will be sure to work and boil up to a more than ordinary height, while the envious person frets, and raves, and swells at the plenties and affluence of his abounding neighbour, and (as I may so express it) is even ready to burst with another's fulness. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.
  • These are some of the most beautiful renderings of baseball stadiums seen, and on top of that are the animated scoreboards and surrounding stadium features that are the envy of many a sports game.
  • Envy and greed were the mainsprings of their creativity; it would have been more accurate if some of them had been called the Envious Young Men.
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