Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - envy
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Envy
envy
~1 v envied, envying 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 jealous) ~2 n 1 the feeling of wanting something that someone else has (He stared with envy at Robert's new car. | green with envy (=envying someone a lot)) 2 be the envy of to be something that other people admire and want to have very much (Britain's National Health Service was once the envy of the world.) (- compare jealousy)
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I. noun (plural envies) Etymology: Middle English envie, from Anglo-French, from Latin invidia, from invidus envious, from invidere to look askance at, ~, from in- + videre to see — more at wit Date: 13th century 1. painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage 2. obsolete malice 3. an object of envious notice or feeling his new car made him the ~ of his friends II. verb (envied; ~ing) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to feel ~ toward or on account of 2. obsolete begrudge intransitive verb obsolete to feel or show ~ • ~ingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by another's better fortune etc. 2 the object or ground of this feeling (their house is the envy of the neighbourhood). --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) feel envy of (a person, circumstances, etc.) (I envy you your position). Derivatives envier n. Etymology: ME f. OF envie f. L invidia f. invidere envy (as IN-(1), videre see) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. зависть out of envy —- из зависти in envy of smb. —- из зависти к кому-либо to excite envy —- возбуждать зависть to feel no envy at smb.'s success —- не завидовать чьему-либо успеху to be green with envy —- позеленеть от зависти 2. предмет зависти she was the envy of all the younger girls in school —- для всех младших школьниц она была предметом зависти 3. завидовать to envy no man —- никому не завидовать to envy a man for his courage —- завидовать мужеству другого (человека) to be envied —- быть предметом зависти I don't envy you the task —- не завидую, что вам поручили эту работу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1280, from O.Fr. envie, from L. invidia, from invidus "envious," from invidere "envy," earlier "look at (with malice), cast an evil eye upon," from in- "upon" + videre "to see." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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