envy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ENVY

a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too <her envy of her neighbor's fancy clothes wrecked their friendship>

Synonyms covetousness, enviousness, green-eyed monster, invidiousness, jealousy, resentment

Related Words animosity, enmity, hatred, ill will; malice, maliciousness, spitefulness

Near Antonyms benevolence, goodwill, kindness, sympathy

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