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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
Charlie, a charming student, agrees to help if Avery pretends to be her girlfriend to make an ex jealous.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and turns her into a 90-year-old woman.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Investigators suspected Clark was jealous that the shooter was in a relationship with a girl, documents state.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
One wonders if Jackson was ever jealous that his sister Janet got to appear on the sitcom Good Times.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and turns her into a 90-year-old woman.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Investigators suspected Clark was jealous that the shooter was in a relationship with a girl, documents state.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
One wonders if Jackson was ever jealous that his sister Janet got to appear on the sitcom Good Times.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealous
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Christy costars Ben Foster as Martin's manager-turned-husband James, initially depicted as loving and supportive (one shot shows Christy gleefully leaping into his arms after winning a match), but eventually revealed as possessive and dangerous.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lepkowski described her cousin's ex as possessive, controlling and physically abusive.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This week, though, ESPN is likely envious.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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More Getty Images Well, former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is urging Bears head coach Ben Johnson to employ a rather odd strategy with Williams, suggesting that Johnson tries to make Williams envious of Bagent.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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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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This is, in part, correct: Voldemort is extremely covetous of power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Slightly, meanwhile, targets Joe as his patsy to smuggle a Xenomorph embryo out of Prodigy, still resentful that Wendy’s family is here safely while his mother is far away and being threatened by Morrow.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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For Epictetus, gratitude is a way to avoid being resentful and bitter.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
25 Aug. 2025
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In addition, users will be able to permanently block a user from quote-sharing any of their posts, as a hedge against malicious dunks.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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That means malicious software is getting smarter, faster and harder to detect.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Jealous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealous. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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