as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
Lisa's enviousness of Debra's athletic achievements was obvious to all of their friends
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Noun
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Ultimately, jealousy turned into power.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
31 May 2026 -
What tends to damage relationships is not jealousy itself, but the inability to acknowledge it honestly.—
Meehika Barua,
Time,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Monday showed why the Middle East’s generational hatreds are so often treacherous for American presidents.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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More deeply, San Diego’s Muslims have been puzzling over the roots of the hatred that sent two young men into a holy place with the intent to commit mass murder.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
Noun
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There was also an actor’s envy.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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In Montecito, closet-envy is one of many examples of Deborah’s competitive nature, which the character is unable to repress while trying to scam fellow comedian, Cherry Kilpatrick.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Noun
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The entrance to the Backrooms is discovered by Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who is living inside his low-budget furniture store after a brutal divorce, nursing a bitter resentment to how things have turned out.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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After years of resentment and collateral damage, Cassie and Lexi finally make peace and get the hell out of Dodge—each pursuing her own artistic ambitions, but no longer trapped by the same family dysfunction and exploitative professional settings.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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“Enviousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enviousness. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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