envious

Meaning

Adjective

• Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
• Excessively careful; cautious.
• Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
• Inspiring envy.

Related

Similar words

• overcautious

Origin

• From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.