as in resentment
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
her jealousy over her sister's singing career drove the two of them apart
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Recent Examples of jealousy
Fed Up in Arizona Dear Fed Up: Your boyfriend isn’t likely to overcome his jealousy of your son.
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
Keōua is a force of pure aggression and chaos, and Curtis gives him the very mortal qualities of pettiness and jealousy to round out a fantastic villain.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Asuka and Sane turned on Sky out of jealousy due to her friendship with Ripley.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
Keōua is a force of pure aggression and chaos, and Curtis gives him the very mortal qualities of pettiness and jealousy to round out a fantastic villain.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Asuka and Sane turned on Sky out of jealousy due to her friendship with Ripley.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealousy
Noun
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And the government’s insistence that Iranians must make sacrifices for distant causes breeds resentment rather than unity.—
Kamran Talattof,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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Juggling careers and kids takes a toll on families, and housework often is fraught with resentments over who is doing it.—
Tracee M. Herbaugh,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The half-cent sales tax has generated billions in funding, turning a capital program that was once in disrepair into the envy of the state of Florida.—
Dick Batchelor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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But the company took care of its workers and created a community that was the envy of many.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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My darling, hatred takes the beauty away.—
Tracee Ellis Ross,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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Muschietti touched on this in his movies — the bullying of Mike Hanlon and the hate-crime murder of Adrian Mellon — including the way Pennywise fosters and foments the hatred already lurking in the hearts of Derry’s citizens.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Jealousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealousy. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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