envies Definition

envy
noun envies

1. A feeling of resentment or regretful desire for another person's qualities, better fortune or success.

Thesaurus: jealousy, covetousness, resentment, resentfulness, spite, malice, ill will.
2. Anything that arouses envy.

Example: She is the envy of his friends

verb envies, envied, envying

1. Feel envy towards someone.
2. To covet; to wish to have something.

Thesaurus: covet, crave, resent.
3. To feel envy towards them on account of (their fortune or success, etc).

Example: envied him his good luck
Thesaurus: begrudge, grudge.
Form: envy someone something

Etymology: 14c: from French envie.