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Definition of envy noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

envy

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈɛnvi//
 
[uncountable]
 
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  • the feeling of wanting to be in the same situation as someone else; the feeling of wanting something that someone else has envy (of somebody) He couldn't conceal his envy of me. envy (at/of something) She felt a pang of envy at the thought of his success. They looked with envy at her latest purchase. Her colleagues were green with envy (= they had very strong feelings of envy).
    • Idioms
    be the envy of somebody/something
     
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    to be a person or thing that other people admire and that causes feelings of envy Our universities are the envy of the world.     see enviable, envious
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