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Synonym: be jealous ofcovetAntonym: gratificationgratifysatisfactionsatisfySimilar words: enviousenvelopeenvisionenvironmentalenvironmental protectionMeaning: ['envɪ]  n. 1. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another 2. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins). v. 1. feel envious towards; admire enviously 2. be envious of; set one's heart on. 
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61. Tod really did a number on the old house. I don't envy the new tenants.
62. Maybe there is jealousy, but I think the envy is more powerful.
63. She felt a faint stirring of envy when she heard that one of her colleagues had been promoted.
64. Ben's heading off to Spain for the week and I'm green with envy.
65. Greed, pride, envy, dishonesty and lust are considered to be vices.
66. Robert's new job sounds very nice - I'm envious of him / I'm full of envy / I envy him.
67. Dina encountered a fair amount of envy among her colleagues.
68. I felt a twinge of envy when I saw them together.
69. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.
70. She felt a stab of envy when she saw all the expensive presents Zoe had been given for Christmas.
71. We all envy the Bill Gateses of this world .
72. Hatred feeds on envy.
73. There is yet some good in public envy, whereas in private, there is none. For public envy, is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men, when they grow too great. And therefore it is a bridle also to great ones[sentence dictionary], to keep them within bounds.
74. Her car was an object of envy in the neighbourhood.
75. Her youth and looks aroused extreme envy in her rivals.
76. Alice's girlfriends were green with envy when they saw her new dress.
77. The seven deadly sins are covetousness, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, anger and sloth.
78. Could there have been a slight tinge of envy in Eva's voice?
79. Their beautiful garden is the envy of all the neighbors.
80. I can't say I envy her being married to him!
81. I don't envy you your journey in this bad weather.
82. Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom. Santosh Kalwar 
83. The mortgage department was the envy of the firm.
84. They would be the envy of most developing countries.
85. Carew felt a twinge of envy.
86. He is driven by greed and envy.
87. He stared with envy at Robert's new car.
88. Envy and sour grapes had their customary party.
89. A person watching could understand and almost envy it.
90. I don't envy the new tenants.
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