as in jealous
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
an anonymous online review of the restaurant that looks like it may have been written by a green-eyed competitor
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Recent Examples of green-eyed
The petite, green-eyed Steffans was often billed as Cleo Nova in the movies written and directed by Sarno.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Feb. 2026
This 56,000-acre private nature reserve is the largest in Costa Rica and home to endangered species like jaguars and green-eyed frogs.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
On October 24th, when the Sun squares Pluto, we may be consumed by the green-eyed monster.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 21 Oct. 2025
Options at Berk extend to a headpiece that represents Toothless, the green-eyed dragon of the film series.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 June 2025
In each, the main character is transported to a timeless place presided over by a green-eyed woman.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Gripped by the green-eyed monster?
—USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Feb. 2026
This 56,000-acre private nature reserve is the largest in Costa Rica and home to endangered species like jaguars and green-eyed frogs.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
On October 24th, when the Sun squares Pluto, we may be consumed by the green-eyed monster.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 21 Oct. 2025
Options at Berk extend to a headpiece that represents Toothless, the green-eyed dragon of the film series.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 June 2025
In each, the main character is transported to a timeless place presided over by a green-eyed woman.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Gripped by the green-eyed monster?
—USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green-eyed
jealous
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The theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick examined the extent to which jealous imitation drives all manner of same-sex relations, straight and gay.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Seeing a former flame with someone else brings out a jealous bitterness that eats at Lou, which is hard not to relate to as a millennial audience member with a heart.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Green-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green-eyed. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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