envious

English

Etymology

Old French envieus, more at envy.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

envious (comparative more envious, superlative most envious)

1. Feeling or exhibiting envy; desire of excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
2. Excessively careful; cautious
3. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful

Translations

feeling or exhibiting envy

Armenian: նախանձոտ (hy) (naxanjot), նախանձ (hy) (naxanj) Bulgarian: завистлив (bg) Czech: závistivý (cs) m. Danish: misundelig (da) Dutch: jaloers (nl), nijdig (nl) German: neidisch (de) Hungarian: irigy (hu), irigykedő (hu) Indonesian: iri (id) Italian: invidioso (it)

Kazakh: қызғаншақ (kk) (qızğanşaq) Norwegian: misunnelig (no) Portuguese: invejoso (pt) Romanian: invidios (ro), pizmaș (ro) Scottish Gaelic: farmadach (gd) Spanish: envidioso (es) Swedish: avundsjuk (sv), misundsam (sv) Turkish: kıskanç (tr)

excessively careful

Swedish: vaksam (sv)

malignant; mischievous; spiteful

Swedish: svartsjuk (sv)

Anagrams

• niveous, veinous

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Latin enviosus

Adjective

envious m. (feminine enviouse)

1. envious; jealous
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Mez mult part fu cruel e mult fu envious

     But [he] was very cruel and very jealous

Descendants

• English: envious