envy
verb/ˈenvi/
/ˈenvi/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they envy | /ˈenvi/ /ˈenvi/ |
| he / she / it envies | /ˈenviz/ /ˈenviz/ |
| past simple envied | /ˈenvid/ /ˈenvid/ |
| past participle envied | /ˈenvid/ /ˈenvid/ |
| -ing form envying | /ˈenviɪŋ/ /ˈenviɪŋ/ |
- to wish you had the same qualities, possessions, opportunities, etc. as somebody else
- envy somebody He envied her—she seemed to have everything she could possibly want.
- envy something She has always envied my success.
- envy somebody (for) something I envied him his good looks.
- I secretly envied her for her good looks.
- envy somebody doing something I envy you having such a close family.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- really
- secretly
- …
- for
- to be glad that you do not have to do what somebody else has to do
- not envy somebody It's a difficult situation you're in. I don't envy you.
- not envy somebody something I don't envy her that job.
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.
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