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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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91. Her friends look upon her with envy.
92. His expression kept changing-irony, wit, envy.
93. Coupled with envy was a terrible sense of inferiority.
94. Human composers must envy the cat its ears.
95. And would his sisters envy her superlative looks?
96. Arthur's enormous wealth excited the envy of his rivals.
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97. I envy them for getting to roll the dice.
98. We watch such things with horror and envy.
99. It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus 
100. Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy. Chuck Palahniuk 
101. He was motivated by greed, envy, and the lust for power.
102. Ancient Rome was the seat of power, magnificence and corruption, the obvious object of love, envy, hatred.
103. It's enough to turn your fellow board directors green with envy.
104. They seemed to envy our good fortune in being the first to leave.
105. One aspect after another yields to the open sesame of the envy theory.
106. Envy of the rich could no longer masquerade as love of the poor.
107. It was difficult to hide her envy as Jim described his new job.
108. At the mercy of this resentment, this hateful millstone envy of the Calibans of this world.
109. But it isn't easy to be envied, any more than it is to feel envy.
110. And the second feeling is one of extreme envy at their apparent cosiness.
111. What I felt as she stood there, waiting for further instructions from Sister Mary, was a moment of envy.
112. For one incredible moment, Merrill knew a stab of envy of Elise.
113. Drop envy and jealousy, otherwise there is no possibility - because love cannot exist where envy and jealousies exist. Then your search is only for a certain type of power: that in the name of love you are just trying to fulfill the ego. And it is arduous to drop, because love exists only when all the negative elements of the mind are dropped. It is very arduous. Osho 
114. Theda felt shabby by contrast, and was hit by a passing pang of envy.
115. I am sure Martha will forgive me for saying that her very presence excites envy from others.
116. Color Cam Neely blue, and make everybody else green with envy when Jaromir Jagr showcases his enormous talents.
117. Envy, the thesis runs, is universal and ubiquitous in human beings.
118. How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss.
119. Her face softened immediately, affection and wistful envy mingling in her expression.
120. These structures provide not just a sense of belonging but a social life that would be the envy of many Westerners.
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