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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - jealous

 
 

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jealous
~ adj 1 feeling angry and unhappy because someone has something that you would like envious + of  (Why are you so jealous of his success?) make sb jealous  (It makes me jealous, seeing all these women with babies.) 2 feeling angry and unhappy because someone you like or love is showing interest in another person, or another person is showing interest in them  (She gets jealous if I even look at another woman. | jealous husband/wife/lover)  (You're acting like a jealous husband.) 3 jealous of wanting to keep or protect something that you have because you are proud of it  (a country jealous of its heritage) - jealously adv  (a jealously guarded secret)
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  1. If someone is jealous, they feel angry or bitter because they think that another person is trying to take a lover or friend, or a possession, away from them. She got insanely jealous and there was a terrible fight. ADJ • jealously The formula is jealously guarded. ADV: ADV with v 2. If you are jealous of another person’s possessions or qualities, you feel angry or bitter because you do not have them. She was jealous of his wealth... You’re jealous because the record company rejected your idea. ADJ: oft ADJ of n • jealously Gloria eyed them jealously. ADV: ADV after v ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   adjective  Etymology: Middle English jelous, from Anglo-French gelus, from Vulgar Latin *zelosus, from Late Latin zelus zeal — more at zeal  Date: 13th century  1.  a. intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness  b. disposed to suspect rivalry or unfaithfulness  2. hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage  3. vigilant in guarding a possession new colonies were ~ of their new independence — Scott Buchanan  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  adj. 1 (often foll. by of) fiercely protective (of rights etc.). 2 afraid, suspicious, or resentful of rivalry in love or affection. 3 (often foll. by of) envious or resentful (of a person or a person's advantages etc.). 4 (of God) intolerant of disloyalty. 5 (of inquiry, supervision, etc.) vigilant. Derivatives jealously adv. Etymology: ME f. OF gelos f. med.L zelosus ZEALOUS ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. ревнивый; ревнующий jealous husband —- ревнивый муж to be jealous (of smb.) —- ревновать (кого-л. или к кому-л.) to keep a jealous eye on one's husband —- ревниво следить за мужем 2. завистливый, завидующий to be jealous of another's success —- завидовать чьему-л. успеху 3. заботливый, ревностный; бдительный; ревниво оберегающий (что-л.) jealous servant —- ревностный слуга jealous nurse —- заботливая няня to keep a jealous eye on smb.'s movements —- бдительно следить за чьими-л. действиями to be jealous of one's good name —- ревниво оберегать свое доброе имя to be jealous of one's rights —- ревниво оберегать свои права 4. уст. библ. нетерпимый; требующий поклонения только себе a jealous God —- Бог-ревнитель ...
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  adj.  1) ревнивый; ревнующий to be jealous of ones wife - ревновать жену - be jealous  2) завистливый, завидующий to be jealous of another fellows good fortune - завидовать удаче другого  3) ревностный, заботливый  4) ревниво оберегающий (of - что-л.) to be jealous of ones traditions - заботиться о сохранении традиций (чьей-л. семьи, общества и т.п.) ...
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  - 12c., from O.Fr. gelos, from L.L. zelus "zeal," from Gk. zelos, sometimes "jealousy," but more often in a good sense ("emulation, rivalry, zeal"). See zeal. Among the ways to express this are Swed. svartsjuka, lit. "black-sick," from phrase bara svarta strumpor "wear black stockings," also "be jealous." Dan. skinsyg "jealous," lit. "skin-sick," is from skind "hide, skin" said to be explained by Swed. dial. expression fa skinn "receive a refusal in courtship." "Most of the words for 'envy' ... had from the outset a hostile force, based on 'look at' (with malice), 'not love,' etc. Conversely, most of those which became distinctive terms for 'jealousy' were originally used also in a good sense, 'zeal, emulation.' " [Buck, pp.1138-9] ...
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