jealousy
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɛləsi/
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- Her jealousy over his new promotion led to an argument between them.
- envy and jealousy
- petty jealousies
- sexual jealousy
I mean, you got nothing, but yet jealousy consumes your every thought.
- I mean, you got nothing, but yet jealousy consumes your every thought.
- And I think that possessiveness and jealousy are intrinsic to love.
- Listen, jealousy doesn't look good on you, all right?
- I was just writing about how jealousy was stopping me from pursuing it.
- And so there was a rivalry, A jealousy, and then this story broke.
- But there's another more subtle trigger of jealousy, which is a mate value discrepancy.
- But this is not about their jealousy, it's about yours.
- Low frequency being anger, jealousy, fear, things like that.
- It didn't come from madness or jealousy or anger.
- That wasn't purely A jealousy, an expression of jealousy.
- They are yes, seething with rage, with jealousy, with resentment.
Examples
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And I think that possessiveness and jealousy are intrinsic to love.
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Listen, jealousy doesn't look good on you, all right?
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But this is not about their jealousy, it's about yours.
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You have to stop with the jealousy thing.
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In the end, I think it's just jealousy.
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You turned your back on America because of your jealousy.
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Then how do you explain your jealousy?
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I was mad, crazy with jealousy.
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And I think there's a certain amount of professional jealousy involved... ..as well.
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So it's a simple case of professional jealousy," he said with a shrug.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A feeling of wanting what someone else has and feeling upset about it
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A feeling of jealousy toward someone you see as a rival
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A strong wish to have something that belongs to someone else
Feeling angry and jealous when someone else succeeds
A feeling of sadness and wanting something someone else has
Antonyms
How Unsupportive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jealousy comes from an old Greek word zelos, the same root as the English zeal, which means 'strong feeling or eager care'. Over time that strong feeling could turn into envy or anger when someone else has what you want, which is why jealousy means resentment or worry about a rival.