as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
the green-eyed monster dogged her whenever she visited her wealthy sister
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Recent Examples of green-eyed monster
Users were generous, without the snark of Twitter or any traces of envy, the green-eyed monster that stalks Instagram.
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John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Honour the green-eyed monster, allow it some space in your psyche.
—Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2022
The green-eyed monster can foster environments where people act dishonestly and undermine, belittle or freeze out their colleagues, or even sabotage their work.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2021
John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Honour the green-eyed monster, allow it some space in your psyche.
—Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2022
The green-eyed monster can foster environments where people act dishonestly and undermine, belittle or freeze out their colleagues, or even sabotage their work.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for green-eyed monster
Noun
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The novel intertwines present-day events with painful memories of the lives of her parents, who tried to protect their love from war, jealousy, and the cruelty of the merciless Soviet government.—
Nelly Klos
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Things change, and antagonisms and jealousies and resentments that weren’t there before emerge.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And hatred rather than ideology is the animating force?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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More violence, more anger, more hatred.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Green-eyed monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green-eyed%20monster. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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