enviousness

as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too Lisa's enviousness of Debra's athletic achievements was obvious to all of their friends

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Noun
  • Playing boxer Jake LaMotta, Robert De Niro gave all of his mind and body to this portrait of a man destroyed by his anger, his jealousies, his pride, his retrograde notions of manhood.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Commonplace virtues turn toward vice: compassion veers toward deceit, attentive parenting toward either laxity or oppressiveness, friendship toward jealousy or contempt, sociability toward falsehood or cruelty.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Democrats, blinded by their hatred of him, have ignored this.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Debra Messing, who has produced a new documentary on (horseshoe-theory) antisemitism called October 8, has been one of Hollywood’s few intensely admirable exceptions, calling out anti-Jewish hatred with a fierce constancy over the past 16 months.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • About one in five people can wiggle their ears—while the rest watch in non-wiggly envy.
    Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Sign In Travel Who says the United States doesn’t have historic sites? February 26, 2025 Take a trip to Europe’s major cities and the architectural awe is likely to give way to historical envy.
    Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For instance, a sarcastic comment brushed off as a joke, or unspoken expectations that fuel resentment.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Friendships that last from childhood into middle age can be messy, with many hidden resentments and vulnerabilities.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Enviousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enviousness. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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