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Shows covetousness
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envies
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Word definitions for envies in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Envy \En"vy\, n.; pl. Envies . [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision .] Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.] If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (envy English) vb. (en-third-person singularenvy)
Usage examples of envies.
He envies people like Mackintosh who can look back on going on demonstrations, getting drunk and reading poetry to girls in black stockings at two in the morning.
He envies the director who has refined obsequiousness to the point where it is part of his persona.
Honora envies the woman’s fur-lined ankle boots as well—much smarter than her own shower boots, which she neglected to put on in their haste to leave the house.
He envies Mironson, who gets to sit so close to her, to smell her, possibly, when all McDermott can do is watch.
How he envies them their uncomplicated lives which are so different from his own.
He envies the passengers who read their newspapers in warm, comfortable coaches.
Martin envies such confidence, though to his ears Richard's voice has an unattractive bleating quality.