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ENVIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Example:
envious of their art collection
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Similar:
desirous; wishful (having or expressing desire for something)
Derivation:
enviousness (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)
envy (spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins))