meaning of envious
1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc. ; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
3. Inspiring envy.
4. Excessively careful; cautious.
5. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of anothers advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art
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