envy

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛnvi/ Rhymes: -ɛnvi === Noun === envy (countable and uncountable, plural envies) Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.] An object of envious notice or feeling. (obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. [14th–18th c.] (obsolete) Emulation; rivalry. c. 1631-1636, John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy. (obsolete) Public odium; ill repute. A red-skinned variety of eating apple. ==== Antonyms ==== kindness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === envy (third-person singular simple present envies, present participle envying, simple past and past participle envied) (transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.] (transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks). (obsolete, intransitive) To have envious feelings (at). [15th–18th c.] (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge. [16th–18th c.] (obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail. (obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. (obsolete) To hate. (obsolete) To emulate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === veny == Middle English == === Noun === envy alternative form of envie