as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
their envy of their neighbor's fancy home threatened to wreck their friendship
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as in to resent
to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages
her coworkers envied her chummy relationship with the senior vice president they envied him because he didn't have to work for a living
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Recent Examples of envy
Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
McKenzie was preparing to watch Buffalo’s game Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens with a tinge of envy.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
For their 2016 festivities, Reign and Mason celebrated with a theme even Vin Diesel would envy: a car-lover's homage to The Fast and the Furious.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 29 July 2025
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Noun
Who knew the antidote for my incurable pixie cut envy would be a 13-second video of Kate Middleton?
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
McKenzie was preparing to watch Buffalo’s game Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens with a tinge of envy.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
Much of the credit goes to the performances by the charismatic Egerton, who displays fierce emotional and physical power, and young Heger, projecting the sort of range that most adult actors would envy.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
For their 2016 festivities, Reign and Mason celebrated with a theme even Vin Diesel would envy: a car-lover's homage to The Fast and the Furious.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for envy
Noun
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Your jealousy and badmouthing will push your daughter away.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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In contrast, traditional methods like verbal reassurance or security primes without touch did not alleviate jealousy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The folk world resented the Beatles because of the sound.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jeremiah still resents Conrad for pretending to help with the wedding while trying to sabotage it.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Foreign perpetrators have been linked to previous acts intended to incite hatred.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The left is always, at all times and places, a violent phenomenon full of hatred.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So, for example, the Republicans who have the highest racial resentment against Black Americans are the most likely to be morally disengaged from Democrats.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Try to temper your resentment by remembering that the lingering presence of the sandbox is not about you.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Envy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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