envy
- envy
en|vy1 [ˈenvi] v past tense and past participle envied present participle envying third person singular envies [T]
1.) to wish that you had someone else's possessions, abilities etc
▪ I really envy you and Ian, you seem so happy together.
▪ She has a lifestyle which most people would envy.
envy sb sth
▪ He envied Rosalind her youth and strength.
2.) I don't envy you/her etc
spoken used to say that you are glad that you are not in the bad situation that someone else is in
envy 2
envy2 n [U]
[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: envie, from Latin invidia, from invidere 'to look at with bad feelings', from videre 'to see']
1.) the feeling of wanting something that someone else has
▪ He watched the others with envy.
envy of
▪ his envy of the young man's success
twinge/pang of envy
▪ I felt a twinge of envy when I saw them together.
▪ She could see that all the other girls were green with envy (=feeling a lot of envy) .
2.) be the envy of sb
to be something that other people admire and want to have very much
▪ an education system that is the envy of all European countries
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