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
Lola Tung plays the new girl who joins and things go awry as secrets and jealousies create friction among the group.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The Dodgers can bring in new stars without risking awkwardness or outright jealousy.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Over years and then decades, the two women’s relationship swings between fierce sisterhood, bitter jealousy and an uneasy combination of the two.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 Mar. 2026
When Joosua, the black sheep of the family, suddenly returns and appears to perform a miracle, his brother Elias is consumed by jealousy.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The Dodgers can bring in new stars without risking awkwardness or outright jealousy.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Over years and then decades, the two women’s relationship swings between fierce sisterhood, bitter jealousy and an uneasy combination of the two.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 Mar. 2026
When Joosua, the black sheep of the family, suddenly returns and appears to perform a miracle, his brother Elias is consumed by jealousy.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealousy
Noun
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Maybe the mere fact of having been born illustrious, with no apparent faults, with nothing to prove or to be ashamed of, had liberated John from the resentments the rest of us feel, and from the cunning and ambition such resentments fuel.—
Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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What would be stupid is mandating the creation of a permanent underclass, driving the resentment and parallel societies that plagued Germany — and doing so in defiance of the Constitution.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The playground would be the envy of children anywhere; Stratton, a father of two, pointed out a water park, a climbing wall, and rope climbing towers.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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In some communities, authoritarian parents are the envy of the neighborhood.—
Kelley King Heyworth,
Parents,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gracie’s discovery is squelched and this character’s value to the play comes in establishing how institutional silence can have an equally pernicious impact on confronting social hatreds.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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There is nothing quite like the theater and hatred that comes when the Penguins and Flyers share a sheet of ice.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Jealousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealousy. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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