Definition of Envious

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Envious

Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

Inspiring envy.

Excessively careful; cautious.

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Envious Quotations

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Baltasar Gracian

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Antisthenes

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
Baruch Spinoza

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.
Horatio Nelson

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s.
Desiderius Erasmus

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.
Roman Polanski

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Horace

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.
Arthur Keith

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.
Howard Hodgkin

That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.
William Petty

Envious Translations

envious in Danish is misundelig
envious in Dutch is jaloers, ijverzuchtig, afgunstig
envious in French is envieux
envious in German is neidisch
envious in Italian is invidioso
envious in Norwegian is misunnelig
envious in Spanish is envidioso
envious in Swedish is avundsjuk

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