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envy
( envies 3rd person present) ( envying present participle) ( envied past tense & past participle )

1 n-uncount Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has.
Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother..., They gazed in a mixture of envy and admiration at the beauty of the statue.

2       verb   If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have.
I don't envy the young ones who've become TV superstars and know no other world...      V n
He envied Caroline her peace...      V n n

3       n-sing   If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it.
the N of n
...an economic expansion that was the envy of many other states.

4
  →   green with envy
  →   green

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envy

1
n covetousness, enviousness, grudge, hatred, ill will, jealousy, malice, malignity, resentfulness, resentment, spite, the green-eyed monster (informal)

2
vb be envious (of), begrudge, be jealous (of), covet, grudge, resent

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