The Collaborative International Dictionary
Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
Envious; malignant. [Obs.]
--Evelyn.-
Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man.
--Barrow. -
Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
--Broome. -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. (context rare English) malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
Usage examples of "invidiousness".
Besides, the disabilities imposed upon all are necessarily without that bitter and stinging element of invidiousness which attaches to disfranchisement in a republic.