Definition of Jealous

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Jealous

Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.

Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.

Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

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Jealous Quotations

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
Thomas Jefferson

He that is jealous is not in love.
Saint Augustine

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
Ambrose Bierce

I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.
Jeff Foxworthy

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
Germaine Greer

I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it.
Mike Krzyzewski

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
William Penn

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.
Thurgood Marshall

Jealous Translations

jealous in Afrikaans is jaloers
jealous in Danish is misundelig
jealous in Dutch is afgunstig, jaloers, ijverzuchtig
jealous in French is jaloux
jealous in Italian is geloso
jealous in Norwegian is sjalu
jealous in Spanish is celoso
jealous in Swedish is avundsjuk, svartsjuk

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