Look up: envy

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   envy
   [n] - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another 2. [n] - spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) 3. [v] - feel envious towards 4. [v] - be envious of
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   envy
   a special additional tax imposed on the income and capital of the rich or more affluent,such as a tax on net worth,especially of charged at progressive rates Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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   Envy
   En'vy noun ; plural Envies . [ French envie , Latin invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision .] 1. Malice; ill will; spite. [ Obsolete] « If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people.» Shak. 2. Chagrin, mo ...
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   Envy
   En'vy transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Envied ; present participle & verbal noun Envying .] [ French envier .] 1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing ...
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   Envy
   En'vy intransitive verb 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at . « Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked?» Jer. Taylor. 2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [ Obsolete] 'He has . . . envied against the people.' Shak.
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   envy
   1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. 'A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty.' (Collier) 'Whoever envies another confesses hi ...
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   envy
   invidia noun spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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   envy
   enviousness noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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   envy
   verb be envious of; set one`s heart on
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    Envy
    `Envy` is an emotion that `occurs when a person lacks another`s superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it.`. It is a sense of low self-esteem that results from an upward social comparison threatening a person's self image: another person has something that the envier considers to be important to have. If the other person is perceived to be similar to the envier, the aroused envy will be ...
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    envy
    (en´ve) a desire to have another's possessions or qualities for oneself. penis envy in psychoanalysis, the concept that the female envies the male his possession of a penis, first described by Freud as occurring during the phallic stage in girl children as they become aware of anatomical ...
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    Envy
    • (v. t.) To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another`s excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. • (n.) An object of envious notice or feeling. • (v. i.) To show malice or ill will; to rail. • (v. t.) To em...
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    Envy
    (from the article `Olesha, Yury Karlovich`) Olesha gained renown first as a poet. His fame as a prose writer came after the publication of his novel Zavist (serialized 1927, published in book ... ...described life in the new Soviet Union with varying degrees of mordant sarcasm; the short stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko, the comic novels o...
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