envying (verb)

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• envy — 1 verb envied, envying (T) to wish that you had someone else s possessions, abilities etc: Evelyn was good looking, rich, and intelligent all the girls envied her. | envy sb (for) sth: He envied Rosalind for her youth and strength. compare… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• envy — /ˈɛnvi / (say envee) noun (plural envies) 1. a feeling of discontent or mortification, usually with ill will, at seeing another s superiority, advantages, or success. 2. desire for some advantage possessed by another. 3. an object of envious… …  

• catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• envy — I. noun (plural envies) Etymology: Middle English envie, from Anglo French, from Latin invidia, from invidus envious, from invidēre to look askance at, envy, from in + vidēre to see more at wit Date: 13th century 1. painful or resentful awareness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• envy — (n.) late 13c., from O.Fr. envie envy, jealousy, rivalry (10c.), from L. invidia envy, jealousy, from invidus envious, from invidere envy, earlier look at (with malice), cast an evil eye upon, from in upon (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + videre …   Etymology dictionary

• envy — [[t]e̱nvi[/t]] envies, envying, envied 1) N UNCOUNT Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has. Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother... They gazed …   English dictionary

• envy — noun (plural envies) discontented or resentful longing aroused by another s possessions, qualities, or luck. ↘(the envy of) a person or thing that inspires such a feeling. verb (envies, envying, envied) feel envy of. Derivatives envier noun… …   English new terms dictionary

• envy — I UK [ˈenvɪ] / US noun [uncountable] the unhappy feeling that you have when you want very much to do something that someone else does or to have something that they have He was sure that other drivers looked at him with envy. See: jealousy • be… …   English dictionary