Webster's English Dictionary

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envious

en.vi.ous \'en-ve--*s\ aj 1: feeling or showing envy  archaic  2a: EMULOUS  
   2b: ENVIABLE sions and accomplishments and a spiteful or malicious coveting 
   of them; JEALOUS implies a grudging of something regarded as properly 
   belonging to or peculiarly befitting to oneself; it may also indicate 
   without derogation a vigilant guarding or maintaining - en.vi.ous.ly av SYN 
   syn JEALOUS: ENVIOUS suggests a grudging of another's posses