envy
- envy
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ extreme
▪ unconscious
▪ class, social
▪ penis
▪ the Freudian concept of penis envy
… OF ENVY
▪ tinge, touch
▪ I detected a tinge of envy in her tone.
▪ pang, stab, twinge
▪ I felt a twinge of envy for the people who lived there.
VERB + ENVY
▪ be consumed with, be green with, feel, have
▪ I had no envy of his success.
▪ express, show
▪ arouse, excite, fill sb with, inspire
▪ Her youth and looks aroused extreme envy in her rivals.
PREPOSITION
▪ with envy
▪ I look with envy on those lucky people with big families.
▪ envy at
▪ I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.
▪ envy for
▪ the envy she felt for her sister
PHRASES
▪ be the envy of sb/sth
▪ British television is the envy of the world (= is admired by everyone).
▪ an object of envy
▪ Her car was an object of envy among her friends.
{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb
ADVERB
▪ greatly, really
▪ secretly
▪ almost
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪ I secretly envied her for her good looks.
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