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JEALOUS
covetous, envious, jealous
(adjective) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of anotherās advantages; āhe was never covetous before he met herā; ājealous of his success and covetous of his possessionsā; āenvious of their art collectionā
jealous, green-eyed, overjealous
(adjective) suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; āa jealous loverā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
jealous (comparative jealouser or more jealous, superlative jealousest or most jealous)
Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]
Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates. [from 14th c.]
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. [from 14th c.]
Suspecting, suspicious.
Usage notes
Some usage guides seek to distinguish "jealous" from āenviousā, using jealous to mean āprotective of oneās own position or possessionsā ā one ājealously guards what one hasā ā and envious to mean ādesirous of othersā position or possessionsā ā one āenvies what others haveā. This distinction is also maintained in the psychological and philosophical literature. However, this distinction is not always reflected in usage, as reflected in the quotations of famous authors (above) using the word jealous in the sense āenvious (of the possessions of others)ā.
Anagrams
• jalouse
Source: Wiktionary
Jeal"ous, a. Etym: [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. Zeal, and cf. Zealous.]
1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful. I have been very jeolous for the Lord God of hosts. Kings xix. 10. How nicely jealous is every one of us of his own repute! Dr. H. More.
2. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful. 'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these, Renders us jealous and disturbs our peace. Waller. The people are so jealous of the clergy's ambition. Swift.
3. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry. Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Ex. xxxiv. 14.
4. Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. If the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife. Num. v. 14. To both these sisters have I sworn my love: Each jealous of the other, as the stung Are of the adder. Shak. It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do if she find him jealous. Bacon.
Syn.
– Suspicious; anxious; envious. Jealous, Suspicious. Suspicious is the wider term. We suspect a person when we distrust his honesty and imagine he has some bad design. We are jealous when we suspect him of aiming to deprive us of what we dearly prize. Iago began by awakening the suspicions of Othello, and converted them at last into jealousy. "Suspicion may be excited by some kind of accusation, not supported by evidence sufficient for conviction, but sufficient to trouble the repose of confidence." "Jealousy is a painful apprehension of rivalship in cases that are peculiarly interesting to us." Cogan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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