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as in possessive
intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness
a boyfriend who became jealous whenever she paid attention to anyone but him
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as in envious
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
was jealous of his friend's great popularity with the girls
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Recent Examples of jealous
Trump has always been jealous of Obama, especially because Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, which Trump talks about constantly but will never achieve.
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Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
Sanders added that Payne was jealous of the woman's new relationship.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
Gary gets jealous about his brother’s backflips and tries to outdo him with increasingly tragic (and funny) results.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Every kid would look at me pretty jealous.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
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Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
Sanders added that Payne was jealous of the woman's new relationship.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
Gary gets jealous about his brother’s backflips and tries to outdo him with increasingly tragic (and funny) results.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Every kid would look at me pretty jealous.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealous
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Starring alongside Box and Sami is the returning Alicia Gardiner, who plays Dulcie’s possessive wife Cath.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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After a night of a drinking game gone very wrong, Bree is left behind by a possessive Evan, giving Wrigley and Bree alone time to hash out their unspoken feelings for each other.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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Mays’ Salieri is at once aghast at such loutish behavior and bitterly envious that Mozart is exceptional enough to get away with it.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Ward gives a softly wrenching performance as the protective but roilingly envious Harry, whose own musical dreams were lapped by his brother’s talent, and who must eventually admit the limits of his influence.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Starring Elordi and Barry Keoghan, Fennell’s dark comedy about class resentment and covetous destruction was sold on the promise of erotic excess.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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For most players, that amount of storage is realistically enough for all but the most covetous data hoarders.—
Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
3 Aug. 2025
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Those who observed him closely often described him as deeply resentful and unforgiving.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Gobel’s Vida is mature, fierce and resentful and Broyhill’s Dodie has a more impulsive, life-embracing personality.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The attack also bears similarities to the tactics of a Russian bad actor group that targeted Russian Wiki pages years ago, suggesting the malicious Javascript originated from a much earlier vandalism campaign.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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In testimony Tuesday, Jared Birchall, Musk’s longtime business manager and confidante, said that his boss’s tweets four years ago were prompted by frustration, and not a malicious effort to sink the stock.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Jealous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealous. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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