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envy
 
Noun envy has 2 senses
  1. envy, enviousness, the green-eyed monster - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
    --1 is a kind of resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour
    --1 has particulars: covetousness; jealousy, green-eyed monster; penis envy
    Derived forms: verb envy1, verb envy2
  2. envy, invidia - spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
    --2 is a kind of mortal sin, deadly sin
    Derived form: verb envy2
Verb envy has 2 senses
  1. envy - feel envious towards; admire enviously
    --1 is one way to     admire, look up to
    Derived form: noun envy1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot envy Sue
  2. envy, begrudge - be envious of; set one's heart on
    --2 is one way to desire, want
    Derived forms: noun envy1, noun envy2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody something
    => Somebody ----s somebody
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