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jealous adjective [ ˈdʒɛləs ]

• feeling or showing an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages.
• "she was always jealous of me"
Similar: envious, covetous, desirous, resentful, grudging, begrudging, jaundiced, bitter, malicious, spiteful, green with envy, green, green-eyed, greedy, selfish, acquisitive, emulous,
Opposite: admiring, proud,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus (see zealous).


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