envy

envy
n
1. jealousy, resentment, grudge, begrudging, heartburn, green-eyed monster, enviousness; discontentment, malcontentedness, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, heartburning; rivalry, cupidity, Obs. emulation.
2. covetousness, desire, wanting, longing or wishing for, yearning or hankering after, sighing or pining for, Inf. yen, Sl. letch; craving, relish, taste, appetite, appetence, hunger, thirst; fancy, eye, U.S. Dial. big eye; itch, passion, lust.
v
3. begrudge, be jealous of, resent, grudge, be envious of; covet, desire, want, wish for, long for, yearn for, hanker after, sigh for, pine for, Inf. have a yen for; crave, relish, have an appetite or taste for, hunger or thirst for; fancy, have an eye on, ogle, eye greedily; have an itch for, have a passion for, lust after, Sl. letch after.

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