Envy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛnvi/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɛnvi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɛnvi/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɛnvi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

invidia enviousness begrudge

Parts of Speech

noun	a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
noun	spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
verb	feel envious towards; admire enviously
verb	be envious of; set one's heart on

Word Forms

envy	verb	feel envious towards; admire enviously
envious	adjective	showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
envy	noun	a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Neid

ein Gefühl widerwilliger Bewunderung und des Wunsches, etwas zu haben, das ein anderer besitzt

🇫🇷French

envie

un sentiment d'admiration réticente et de désir d'avoir quelque chose qui appartient à un autre

🇪🇸Spanish

envidiar

un sentimiento de admiración a regañadientes y deseo de tener algo que posee otro

🇮🇹Italian

invidia

un sentimento di riluttante ammirazione e desiderio di avere qualcosa che è posseduto da un altro

🇳🇱Dutch

jaloezie

een gevoel van tegenzin en verlangen om iets te hebben dat bezeten is door een ander

🇵🇹Portuguese

inveja

um sentimento de admiração relutante e desejo de ter algo que é possuído por outra pessoa

🇷🇺Russian

завидовать

чувство неохотного восхищения и желания иметь что-то, что принадлежит другому

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ईर्ष्या

अनिच्छापूर्ण प्रशंसा की भावना और किसी ऐसी चीज़ को पाने की इच्छा जो दूसरे के पास है

🇧🇩Bengali

ঈর্ষা

বিরক্তিকর প্রশংসার অনুভূতি এবং এমন কিছু পাওয়ার ইচ্ছা যা অন্যের কাছে রয়েছে

🇮🇳Tamil

பொறாமை

வெறுப்பூட்டும் போற்றுதலின் உணர்வு மற்றும் மற்றொருவர் வைத்திருக்கும் ஒன்றைப் பெற ஆசை

🇮🇳Telugu

అసూయ

ద్వేషపూరిత ప్రశంసల భావన మరియు మరొకరిని కలిగి ఉండాలనే కోరిక

🇮🇳Marathi

मत्सर

कौतुकाची भावना आणि दुसऱ्याच्या ताब्यात असलेले काहीतरी मिळवण्याची इच्छा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઈર્ષ્યા

કરુણાપૂર્ણ પ્રશંસાની લાગણી અને કંઈક મેળવવાની ઇચ્છા જે બીજા પાસે હોય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸೂಯೆ

ದ್ವೇಷಪೂರಿತ ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಯ ಭಾವನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರು ಹೊಂದಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುವ ಬಯಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അസൂയ

വെറുപ്പുളവാക്കുന്ന പ്രശംസയും മറ്റൊരാളുടെ കൈവശമുള്ള എന്തെങ്കിലും ലഭിക്കാനുള്ള ആഗ്രഹവും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਈਰਖਾ

ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ੰਸਾ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਦੇ ਕੋਲ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

حسد

کراہت کی تعریف کا احساس اور کچھ حاصل کرنے کی خواہش جو دوسرے کے پاس ہو۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

嫉妒

一种勉强的钦佩感和渴望拥有他人所拥有的东西的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

妬み

不本意な賞賛の感情、そして他人が所有しているものを所有したいという願望

🇰🇷Korean

부러움

마지못해 감탄하는 감정과 다른 사람이 소유한 것을 갖고 싶은 욕구

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ghen tỵ

một cảm giác ngưỡng mộ miễn cưỡng và mong muốn có được thứ gì đó thuộc sở hữu của người khác

🇹🇭Thai

อิจฉา

ความรู้สึกชื่นชมอย่างไม่เต็มใจและความปรารถนาที่จะมีบางสิ่งที่ผู้อื่นครอบครอง

🇮🇩Indonesian

iri

perasaan iri karena kekaguman dan keinginan untuk memiliki sesuatu yang dimiliki orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

inggit

isang pakiramdam ng sama ng loob na paghanga at pagnanais na magkaroon ng isang bagay na pag-aari ng iba

🇲🇾Malay

iri hati

perasaan berdendam kagum dan keinginan untuk memiliki sesuatu yang dimiliki oleh orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حسد

الشعور بالإعجاب على مضض والرغبة في امتلاك شيء يمتلكه شخص آخر

🇮🇷Persian

حسادت کردن

احساس کینه تحسین و تمایل به داشتن چیزی که توسط دیگری تسخیر شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

imrenmek

başkasının sahip olduğu bir şeye isteksizce hayranlık duyma ve sahip olma arzusu

🇮🇱Hebrew

קִנְאָה

הרגשה של הערצה סוערת ורצון לקבל משהו שנמצא ברשותו של אחר

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The primary meaning of 'envy' is 'a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another'.

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