"envy" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another (synset 107565182)
is a type of: bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
subtypes:
- covetousness - an envious eagerness to possess something
- green-eyed monster, jealousy - a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
- penis envy - (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
same as: enviousness
Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) (synset 100759688)
is a type of: deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace

same as: invidia

Verb

Feel envious towards;
Admire enviously (synset 201831561)
is a type of: admire, look up to - feel admiration for
Be envious of;
Set one's heart on (synset 201831006)
is a type of: desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly

subtypes: covet - wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)

same as: begrudge