invidiousness

== English == === Etymology === From invidious +‎ -ness. === Noun === invidiousness (usually uncountable, plural invidiousnesses) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious. ==== Related terms ==== invidious invidiously === References === Noah Webster (1828), “invidiousness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “invidiousness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “invidiousness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.