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
But his urge to steal wasn’t rooted in jealousy.
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Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
But somewhere along the way, jealousy got involved.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Money and jealousy are the root of the play’s evils, with more deadly sins released in a world of posh, uppity arrogance.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Lola Tung plays the new girl who joins and things go awry as secrets and jealousies create friction among the group.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for jealousy
Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
But somewhere along the way, jealousy got involved.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Money and jealousy are the root of the play’s evils, with more deadly sins released in a world of posh, uppity arrogance.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Lola Tung plays the new girl who joins and things go awry as secrets and jealousies create friction among the group.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for jealousy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealousy
Noun
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Season 2 of the Netflix iteration dropped all nine of its episodes on April 10, with early promises to stay faithful evaporating as new attractions emerged and simmering resentments boiled over.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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But Elham, a contentious and fiercely competitive student, suspects that Marjan’s zeal for anglophone culture, including Hollywood romantic comedies, masks a resentment for the Iranian life she is now stuck with.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Most of all, though, the cure for envy is to try to see what’s in front of us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes envy is the driving force behind economic development.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Here was a player who had without doubt suffered more abuse and more taunts and more hatred than any player in the history of the game.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Well, maybe that hatred of losing — truly not accepting it, and confronting others who are OK with it — is the pathway to winning.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Jealousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealousy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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