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J0025300 (jĕl′əs)adj.1. Fearful or wary of losing one's position or situation to someone else, especially in a sexual relationship: Her new boyfriend was jealous of her male friends.2. Envious or resentful of the good fortune or achievements of another: I felt jealous when my coworker got a promotion. See Usage Note below.3. Having to do with or arising from feelings of apprehension, bitterness, or envy: jealous thoughts.4. Vigilant in guarding something: We are jealous of our good name.5. Intolerant of disloyalty or infidelity; autocratic: a jealous god.

[Middle English jelous, from Old French gelos, gelous, from Vulgar Latin *zēlōsus, zealous, solicitous, from Late Latin zēlus, zeal; see zeal.]

jeal′ous·ly adv.jeal′ous·ness n.Usage Note: Traditional usage holds that we are jealous when we fear losing something that is important to us and envious when we desire that which someone else has. In this view, one might experience jealousy upon seeing one's spouse flirt with another (because of the fear of losing the spouse), while one might experience envy upon seeing a friend with an attractive date (because of one's desire to have an attractive date of one's own). In common usage, this distinction is not always observed, and jealousy and jealous are often used in situations that involve envy. Our 2015 survey shows that the distinction is alive and well: large majorities of the Usage Panel approved the traditional uses of jealousy (She was jealous when she saw her husband having dinner with another woman) and envy (He was envious of the expensive sports car his neighbor bought), while only a minority accepted the switched uses: 29 percent accepted envious for the suspicious dinner, and 34 percent accepted jealous for the expensive sports car. The last figure does mean, though, that a third of the Panelists accept jealous meaning "envious," and an even larger minority (43 percent) accept it when the entity being coveted is a person rather than an object, as in Never having been popular myself, I'm jealous of your many friends. It is evident from these results that many careful writers prefer to see the distinction between the two words maintained, with jealous being reserved for situations where one fears losing something and envious used for situations where one wants what one does not have.

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(ˈdʒɛləs) adj1. suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival: a jealous lover. 2. (often: postpositive and foll by of) resentful (of) or vindictive (towards), esp through envy: a child jealous of his brother. 3. (often: postpositive and foll by of) possessive and watchful in the maintenance or protection (of): jealous of one's reputation. 4. characterized by or resulting from jealousy5. (Bible) obsolete or biblical demanding exclusive loyalty: a jealous God. 6. an obsolete word for zealous[C13: from Old French gelos, from Medieval Latin zēlōsus, from Late Latin zēlus emulation, jealousy, from Greek zēlos zeal] ˈjealously adv ˈjealousness n

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adj. 1. resentful and envious, as of someone's success, advantages, etc.: to be jealous of a rich brother. 2. proceeding from suspicious fears or envious resentment: a jealous rage. 3. inclined to suspicions of rivalry, unfaithfulness, etc., as in love: a jealous husband. 4. watchful in guarding something: to be jealous of one's independence. 5. intolerant of unfaithfulness or rivalry: The Lord is a jealous God. [1175–1225; Middle English jelous, gelos < Old French gelos < Vulgar Latin *zēlōsus= Late Latin zēl(us) zeal + ōsus -ose¹] jeal′ous•ly, adv. jeal′ous•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	jealous - showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"covetous, enviousdesirous, wishful - having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
	2.	jealous - suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover"green-eyed, overjealousdistrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson

jealous

adjective1. suspicious, suspecting, guarded, protective, wary, doubtful, sceptical, attentive, anxious, apprehensive, vigilant, watchful, zealous, possessive, solicitous, distrustful, mistrustful, unbelieving She got insanely jealous and there was a terrible fight.
suspicious trusting, indifferent, carefree2. envious, grudging, resentful, begrudging, green, intolerant, green-eyed, invidious, green with envy, desirous, covetous, emulous I have never sought to make my readers jealous of my megastar lifestyle.
envious satisfied

jealous

adjective1. Fearful of the loss of position or affection:clutching, possessive.2. Resentfully or painfully desirous of another's advantages:covetous, envious, green-eyed, invidious.

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(ˈdʒeləs) adjective1. (with of) feeling or showing envy. She is jealous of her sister.妒忌的2. having feelings of dislike for any possible rivals (especially in love). a jealous husband.猜疑的ˈjealously adverb妒忌地ˈjealousy noun妒忌

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adj showing extreme cupidity

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adj suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

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