jaundiced

jaundiced

adjective

Definition of JAUNDICED

1

having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages <took a jaundiced view of his opponent's triumphs on the tennis court>

Synonyms covetous, green-eyed, invidious, jaundiced, jealous, resentful

Related Words begrudging, grudging; avaricious, grasping, greedy, rapacious; distrustful, suspicious; malicious, petty, spiteful

Near Antonyms generous, kind, kindhearted; altruistic, benevolent, charitable; well-meaning

Antonyms unenvious

2

marked by opposition or ill will <environmentalists tend to cast a jaundiced eye on those oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles>

Synonyms adversarial, adversary, antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, inimical, jaundiced, mortal, negative, unfriendly, unsympathetic

Related Words adverse, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, clashing, combative, conflicting, contentious, contrary, disputatious, militant, opposed, pugnacious, quarrelsome, resisting, scrappy, truculent; antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy; biased, prejudiced; discourteous, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unfavorable, unkind, unmannerly, unpleasant, unsociable; acrimonious, bitter, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, opprobrious, rancorous, spiteful, unloving, vindictive, virulent

Near Antonyms affable, amiable, amicable, civil, companionable, comradely, convivial, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, gregarious, neighborly, pleasant, sociable, social, warm; affectionate, devoted, kind, kindly, loving, nice, sweet; accepting, agreeable, approving, benign, empathetic, favorable, understanding, warmhearted, welcoming

Antonyms friendly, hospitable, nonantagonistic, nonhostile, sympathetic