jealousynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈdʒel.ə.si/us/ˈdʒel.ə.si/C1 a feeling of unhappiness and anger because someone has something or someone that you want:
He broke his brother's new bike in a fit of jealousy.
She was consumed by/eaten up with jealousy (= she was very jealous) when she heard that he had been given a promotion.
The team has performed very badly this season due to petty jealousies (= feelings of jealousy about unimportant things) among the players.
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envy verb
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Envy and jealousy
- all right
- be green with envy idiom
- covet
- covetable
- covetous
- enviable
- envious
- envy
- green
- grudge
- jealous
- possessive