Jealous

[Jeal·ous]

If you're jealous of someone, you want what they've got. This is one of the most basic human emotions, and it is not pretty. Don't be jealous of my good looks: you're cute too.

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Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

Adjective S.
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another''s advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"

Adjective S.
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover"

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Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

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Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.

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Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.

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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.

Jealous

Jeal"ous , a. [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. . See Zeal, and cf. Zealous.] 1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
I have been very jeolous for the Lord God of hosts.
How nicely jealous is every one of us of his own repute!
2. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these, Renders us jealous and disturbs our peace.
The people are so jealous of the clergy's ambition.
3. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
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.
To both these sisters have I sworn my love: Each jealous of the other, as the stung Are of the adder.
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.
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.

Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

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Usage Examples

And not only that, I also have the MacBook Air which is really cool. Even my wife is jealous of my MacBook Air.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

He that is jealous is not in love.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods.

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Other Usage Examples

I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.

I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.

A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.

I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.

I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.