envying
羡慕,羡慕嫉妒恨,嫉妒,妒忌
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Definitions
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plural en·vies.
- : a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- : an object of such feeling: Her intelligence made her the envy of her classmates.
- : Obsolete. ill will.
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en·vied, en·vy·ing.
- : to regard with envy: She envies you for your success.I envy your writing ability.He envies her the position she has achieved in her profession.
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en·vied, en·vy·ing.
- : Obsolete. to be affected with envy.
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Examples
I was jonesing for the shot — like a lot of people, I had vaccine envy.
I believe envy can be a problem, but I think about it differently.
As I made my way through the series, I found myself envying young readers.
He had had the pleasure of seeing the Serjeant, and of envying him too, with all a poor man's envy, for eight years and a quarter.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Conan watched in an almost impersonal fascination, envying the monster his inhuman strength.
I envy her Peter with a passion almost pain; and now I find myself envying her a school friend!
The last was appointed to that portion which lay across the Moss, neither of the other two envying his lot.